{"id":1090,"date":"2015-05-14T03:31:58","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T10:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=1090"},"modified":"2016-03-13T16:38:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:38:07","slug":"may-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=1090","title":{"rendered":"May 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html> <head> <meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=iso-8859-1\"> <\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" style=\"display:none\"><!--P{margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} --><\/style>\n<p> <\/head> <body dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <\/p>\n<p><strong>2015 May 13<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Libby Avis writes, from Port Alberni:&nbsp; Two photos of the stag beetle which we found on May 3<sup>rd<\/sup> at Nile Creek Estuary near Bowser. This was confirmed to the genus <strong><em>Platycerus <\/em><\/strong>on Bug Guide.&nbsp; Scott Gilmore writes: &nbsp;&nbsp;Libby&#8217;s beetles are stag beetles in the family Lucanidae, &nbsp;genus <strong><em>Platycerus<\/em><\/strong>. &nbsp;Species is a little tougher but the greenish lustre, the mandibles and a few other characters suggest <strong><em>P. oregonensis<\/em><\/strong> over <em>P. marginalis<\/em> which are the two options here.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" hasheight=\"true\" setwidth=\"453\" setheight=\"453\" style=\"width: 453px; height: 453px;\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" originalheight=\"560\" originalwidth=\"560\" name=\"\" title=\"stag1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image555417347f5c5.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\"><em>Platycerus oregonensis<\/em>. (Col.:&nbsp; Lucanidae)&nbsp; Libby Avis<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 437px;\" hasheight=\"false\" setwidth=\"437\" setheight=\"437\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" originalheight=\"560\" originalwidth=\"560\" name=\"\" title=\"stag2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image555417347fb28.jpeg\">  <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Platycerus oregonensis<\/em> (Col.:&nbsp; Lucanidae)&nbsp; Libby Avis<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Libby continues:&nbsp;&nbsp; And&#8230; this <strong><em>Nycteola columbiana<\/em><\/strong> flew into the front room on May 7<sup>th<\/sup>. Have only seen it here twice before, so thought you might be interested!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" hasheight=\"true\" setwidth=\"500\" setheight=\"500\" style=\"width: 500px; height: 500px;\" originalheight=\"1000\" originalwidth=\"1000\" name=\"\" title=\"Nycteola columbiana - Port Alberni - Home_MG_1320ar.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image55541734801cd.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image006.jpg\"><em>Nycteola columbiana <\/em>(Lep.: Nolidae) Libby Avis<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Scott Gilmore writes:&nbsp; The wonderful warm weather over the weekend brought out a number of interesting insects here in Lantzville. I found several families, new to me, of beetles including a <strong>Raspberry Fruitworm Beetle <\/strong><strong><em>Byturus unicolor<\/em><\/strong>,<em> <\/em>in the Byturidae family, at Thimbleberry flowers, the only member of that family in Canada.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" hasheight=\"true\" setwidth=\"476\" setheight=\"551\" style=\"width: 476px; height: 551px;\" originalheight=\"717\" originalwidth=\"621\" name=\"\" title=\"Byturus.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image5554173480848.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image008.jpg\"><em>Byturus unicolor <\/em>(Col.: Byturidae)&nbsp; Scott Gilmore<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of <strong>dry bark beetles, <\/strong><strong><em>Oxylaemus californicus<\/em><\/strong><em> <\/em>(family Bothrideridae) were flying near where neighbours had cut down trees in the last week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" hasheight=\"true\" setwidth=\"443\" setheight=\"418\" style=\"width: 443px; height: 418px;\" originalheight=\"649\" originalwidth=\"689\" name=\"\" title=\"Oxylaemus.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image5554173480c2a.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image010.jpg\"><em>Oxylaemus californicus <\/em>(Col.: Bothrideridae) Scott Gilmore<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/em><em><strong>Aulonothroscus validus<\/strong><\/em><em> <\/em>a <strong> False Metallic Wood-boring Beetle<\/strong> from the family Thorascidae.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 342px;\" hasheight=\"false\" setwidth=\"342\" setheight=\"342\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" originalheight=\"365\" originalwidth=\"365\" name=\"\" title=\"Aulonothroscus.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image5554173480f2e.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Aulonothroscus validus <\/em>(Col.: Thorascidae) Scott Gilmore<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; A remarkable <strong>longhorn beetle<\/strong>, a male <strong><em>Holopleura marginata<\/em><\/strong> (family Cerambycidae) was found sitting on a dandelion.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"815\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"Holopleura.jpg\" height=\"399.8933333333333\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image5554173481078.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image014.jpg\"><em>Holopleura marginata <\/em>(Col.: Cerambycidae)&nbsp; Scott Gilmore<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A species of Leaf Rolling beetle (family Attelabidae) from the genus <em>Merhynchites<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"1032\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"Merhynchites.jpg\" height=\"506.368\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image5554173481573.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Leaf Rolling beetle <em>Merhynchites <\/em>sp. (Col.: Attelabidae) Scott Gilmore<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Most surprising of all was finding my first ever <strong>Featherwing Beetle<\/strong> (family Ptiliidae). This family has the smallest beetles in the world, many of them with strange life histories like parthenogenic reproduction so that some species are  only female. I was lucky to find a &#8220;bigger&#8221; one at around 1mm long but did not manage to get any good pictures. I am attaching one that shows the remarkable wing of the interesting family that I hope to find again sometime.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 416px;\" hasheight=\"false\" setwidth=\"416\" setheight=\"320\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" originalheight=\"389\" originalwidth=\"505\" name=\"\" title=\"Featherwing.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image5554173481a1a.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image018.jpg\">Featherwing beetle (Col.: Ptiliidae)<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Scott Gilmore<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My son and I also came across a species of <em>Grapholita <\/em>(family: Tortricidae) that I have not seen before.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 547px;\" hasheight=\"false\" setwidth=\"547\" setheight=\"421\" originalheight=\"697\" originalwidth=\"905\" name=\"\" title=\"Grapholita.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image5554173481c4c.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image020.jpg\"><em>Grapholita <\/em>sp. (Lep.: Tortricidae) Scott Gilmore<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum writes:&nbsp; Here is a caterpillar of an <strong><em>American Tissue Moth<\/em><\/strong> from Swan Lake today.&nbsp; Some caterpillars will accept a wide range of foodplants.&nbsp; Others are specialists.&nbsp; As far as I know the Tissue Moth caterpillar feeds  exclusively on Cascara <em>Rhamnus purshiana <\/em>(also known as <em>Frangula purshiana<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"882\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"Tissue.JPG\" height=\"432.768\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image5554173481fb0.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">American Tissue Moth <em>Triphosa haesitata <\/em> (Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Gerry and Wendy Ansell write: We were surprised to find a <strong>Common Ringlet<\/strong> sheltering from the wind at Island View Beach this afternoon, May 13.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum writes that every book that you open puts a different adjective in front of &#8220;Ringlet&#8221;.&nbsp; Since it isn&#8217;t really a Ringlet at all, I&#8217;m going to call it by its original name of <strong>Large Heath<\/strong> on this site &#8211; or else just use the scientific name!&nbsp; Island View Beach is a good locality for the species, but May 13 certainly is a little early.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 438px;\" hasheight=\"false\" setwidth=\"438\" setheight=\"304\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" originalheight=\"361\" originalwidth=\"520\" name=\"\" title=\"Coenonympha.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image5554173482817.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Large Heath <em>Coenonympha tullia <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae &#8211; Satyrinae)<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wendy Ansell<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/body> <\/html> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 May 13 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Libby Avis writes, from Port Alberni:&nbsp; Two photos of the stag beetle which we found on May 3rd at Nile Creek Estuary near Bowser. 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