{"id":11372,"date":"2020-07-07T19:15:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T02:15:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=11372"},"modified":"2020-07-08T13:29:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T20:29:24","slug":"july-7-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=11372","title":{"rendered":"July 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 The little moth below emerged from a pupa found on an English Hawthorn leaf at Layritz Park during the VNHS Butterfly Walk on July 5.<\/p>\n

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Yponomeuta padella <\/em>(Lep.: Yponomeutidae) Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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Yponomeuta padella <\/em>(Lep.: Yponomeutidae) Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 The caterpillar below was found on a cottonwood leaf at Panama Flats this morning:<\/p>\n

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Orgyia antiqua <\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae \u2013 Lymantriinae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Val George writes:\u00a0 This morning, July 7, I saw Sheep Moths<\/strong> Hemileuca eglanterina<\/em><\/strong> everywhere in Uplands Park in Oak Bay.\u00a0 I saw two moths flying and seven caterpillars in various locations in the park.<\/p>\n

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Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina <\/em>(Lep.: Saturniidae)\u00a0 Val George<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ron Flower writes:\u00a0\u00a0 Yesterday Monday July\u00a0 6 this butterfly landed on my neighbour’s driveway here in Royal Oak:<\/p>\n

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California Tortoiseshell Nymphalis californica <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Ron Flower<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Another California Tortoiseshell was found yesterday:<\/p>\n

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California Tortoiseshell Nymphalis californica <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae) Sarah Gallagher<\/p>\n

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

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Protitame subalbaria <\/em>(Lep. Geometridae) Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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Probably \u00a0<\/em>Eudonia commortalis <\/em>(Lep.: Crambidae)<\/p>\n

Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 Here’s a female (note the fat body, loaded with eggs) \u00a0<\/strong>Western Tiger Swallowtail <\/strong>photographed by Annie Pang in Gorge Park.<\/p>\n

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Female Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus<\/em>\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Papilionidae)<\/p>\n

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Female Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus<\/em>\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Papilionidae) Annie Pang<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Here are three dragonflies photographed \u2013 and identified \u2013 by Annie Pang.\u00a0 Annie gets a Gold Star from Rob Cannings for her identifications.<\/p>\n

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Cardinal Meadowhawk Sympetrum illotum <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae)\u00a0 Annie Pang<\/p>\n

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Male Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis <\/em> (Odo.: Libellulidae)\u00a0 Annie Pang<\/p>\n

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Female Eight-spotted Skimmer Libellula forensis <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae)\u00a0 Annie Pang<\/p>\n

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2020 July 7 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 The little moth below emerged from a pupa found on an English Hawthorn leaf at Layritz Park during the VNHS Butterfly Walk on July 5.   Yponomeuta padella (Lep.: Yponomeutidae) Jeremy Tatum Yponomeuta padella (Lep.: Yponomeutidae) Jeremy Tatum \u00a0\u00a0 The caterpillar below was found on a cottonwood […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-invertebrate-alert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11387,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11372\/revisions\/11387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}