{"id":10729,"date":"2020-05-16T10:57:48","date_gmt":"2020-05-16T17:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=10729"},"modified":"2020-05-16T14:33:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-16T21:33:36","slug":"may-16-morning-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=10729","title":{"rendered":"May 16 morning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2020 May 16 morning
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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>From Gordon Hart:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hello Butterfly Watchers,
\nThe May count period starts Saturday May 16 until Sunday May 24. This is an informal census of butterfly numbers and species in Greater Victoria. The area is defined by the Christmas Bird Count circle, extending from Victoria to Brentwood Bay and Island View Road in Central Saanich, and west to Happy Valley and Triangle Mountain, and Langford Lake and Goldstream areas.
\nYou can submit a count any time over the count period, just use a separate form for each count and location. In the case of repeat or duplicate counts, I will use the higher numbers. To submit counts, please use the form from the VNHS website at: https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=33<\/a>
\nIf you have difficulty with the form, just send me an email with the information.
\nThank-you for submitting your sightings and good luck with your count.
\n-Gordon<\/p>\n

Gordon Hart,
\nButterfly Count Coordinator,
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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Rosemary Jorna sends photographs of a selection of insects from her garden near Kemp Lake:<\/p>\n

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Boreal or Northern Bluet Enallagma boreale<\/em>\/annexum <\/em>(Odo.: Coenagrionidae)<\/p>\n

Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n

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Mayfly Callibaetis ferrugineus <\/em>(Eph.: Baetidae) Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 The aphids were all over one of Rosemary’s hellebores, every leaf coated like that.\u00a0 We don’t know the species, though as a wild guess it might possibly in the genus Acyrthosiphon<\/em>.\u00a0 We would welcome help from anyone who might be familiar with aphidids.<\/p>\n

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Possibly Acyrthosiphon<\/em>? (Hem.: Aphididae)\u00a0 Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Peter Boon’s moths from Nanaimo yesterday morning:<\/p>\n

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Tetracis cervinaria- <\/em><\/strong>two forms –<\/em><\/strong>3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Smerinthus cerisyi – <\/em><\/strong>1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Autographa californica –<\/em><\/strong> 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

Feralia comstocki – <\/em><\/strong>1<\/em><\/p>\n

Agrotis vancouverensis – <\/em><\/strong>3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Xanthorhoe? – <\/em><\/strong>1<\/strong><\/p>\n

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plus a Mourning Cloak<\/strong> seen at Buttertubs Marsh in Nanaimo yesterday afternoon.<\/p>\n

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Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Peter Boon<\/p>\n

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Agrotis vancouverensis <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Peter Boon<\/p>\n

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Autographa californica <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Peter Boon<\/p>\n

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Feralia comstocki <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Peter Boon<\/p>\n

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Smerinthus ophthalmica <\/em>(Lep.: Sphingidae)\u00a0 Peter Boon<\/p>\n

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Smerinthus ophthalmica <\/em>(Lep.: Sphingidae)\u00a0 Peter Boon<\/p>\n

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Tetracis cervinaria <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Peter Boon<\/p>\n

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Tetracis cervinaria <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Peter Boon<\/p>\n

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Xanthorhoe defensaria <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Peter Boon<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr’s moths from Metchosin this morning:<\/p>\n

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1 Egira rubrica <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Eupithecia cretaceata<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

3 Eupithecia <\/em><\/strong>spp<\/strong>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

5 Melanolophia\u00a0imitata<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Perizoma curvilinea<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

12 Tyria jacobaeae<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

5 Venusia obsoleta\/pearsalli\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Egira rubrica <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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