{"id":11870,"date":"2020-08-15T10:56:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T17:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=11870"},"modified":"2023-06-28T15:14:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T22:14:15","slug":"august-15-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=11870","title":{"rendered":"August 15 morning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2020 August 15 morning<\/strong><\/p>\n

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From Gordon Hart:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hello Butterfly Watchers,<\/p>\n

The July count period starts Saturday August 15 until Sunday August 23. 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.<\/p>\n

You 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:\u00a0https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=33<\/a><\/p>\n

If you have difficulty with the form, just send me an email with the information.<\/p>\n

Thank-you for submitting your sightings and good luck with your count.<\/p>\n

-Gordon<\/p>\n

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Gordon Hart,<\/p>\n

Butterfly Count Coordinator,<\/p>\n

Victoria Natural History Society<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Rosemary Jorna sends a selection of insect photographs from the Kemp Lake area.\u00a0 Thanks to Libby Avis for identifying the moth, and to Claudia Copley for the grasshopper.<\/p>\n

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Choreutis diana <\/em>(Lep.: Choreutidae)\u00a0 Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n

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Melanoplus <\/em>sp. (Orth.: Acrididae)\u00a0 Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Scott Gilmore sends photographs of a robber fly<\/strong> from Lantzville, identified for us by Dr Rob Cannings as\u00a0 a male Neomochtherus willistoni<\/em><\/strong>,<\/p>\n

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Neomochtherus willistoni <\/em>(Dip.: Asilidae)\u00a0 Scott Gilmore<\/p>\n

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Neomochtherus willistoni <\/em>(Dip.: Asilidae)\u00a0 Scott Gilmore<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Aziza Cooper sends a photograph of what we presume is a nymph of a bug, from Pedder Bay.\u00a0 We don’t think we can identify it, but if any viewer has suggestions, please let us know.\u00a0 Perhaps Nabidae or Miridae, but we really don’t know.<\/p>\n

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Unidentified bug nymph (Hemiptera)\u00a0\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 A moth and a bug from Gordon Hart in the Highlands.<\/p>\n

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Evergestis pallidata <\/em>(Lep.: Crambidae)\u00a0 Gordon Hart<\/p>\n

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Eurygaster<\/em> sp. (Hem.: Scuterellidae)\u00a0 Gordon Hart<\/p>\n

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

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2 <\/em><\/strong>Campaea perlata<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Eupithecia <\/em><\/strong>sp<\/strong>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Lacinipolia strigicollis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Nemoria\u00a0darwiniata\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Ochlodes sylvanoides\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

3 Perizoma curvilinea\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Pero\u00a0mizon <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Plemyria georgii<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Sabulodes aegrotata <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Pero <\/em>(maybe mizon<\/em>) (Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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Sabulodes aegrotata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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