{"id":11907,"date":"2020-08-17T16:47:56","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T23:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=11907"},"modified":"2020-08-17T16:57:56","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T23:57:56","slug":"august-17-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=11907","title":{"rendered":"August 17 afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>2020 August 17 afternoon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>&nbsp;Mike Yip writes from Nanoose:&nbsp; Pleasant surprise to find a second generation  <strong>Mylitta Crescent<\/strong> in my yard this afternoon.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"624\" originalheight=\"416\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pastedImage-133.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Male Mylitta Crescent <em>Phyciodes mylitta <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)&nbsp; Mike Yip<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr&#8217;s moths from Metchosin this morning.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Eupithecia <\/em><\/strong><strong>sp<\/strong><strong><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Hydriomena speciosata <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>2 Lacinipolia pensilis&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Lacinipolia strigicollis&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>2 Nemoria darwiniata&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>7 Neoalcis californiaria&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Nycteola frigidana <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>1 Syngrapha rectangula<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>2 Panthea virginarius&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Interesting to see the large number of <em>Neoalcis californiara<\/em>. Gordon Hart reports from Highlands that on a recent night there were 7-10 at each of three lights.  <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"624\" originalheight=\"432\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pastedImage-134.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Hydriomena speciosata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image006.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"624\" originalheight=\"590\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pastedImage-135.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Nycteola frigidana <\/em>(Lep.: Nolidae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 493px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image008.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"493\" originalheight=\"640\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pastedImage-136.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Syngrapha rectangula <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae &#8211; Plusiinae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 427px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image010.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"427\" originalheight=\"600\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pastedImage-137.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Uncertain, but possibly a worn <em>Dasychira grisefacta  <\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae &#8211; Lymantriinae)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jochen writes that he has had numerous sightings of <strong>Pine Whites <\/strong>  around the house &#8211; up to three at a time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 376px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image012.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"376\" originalheight=\"640\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pastedImage-138.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Pine White <em>Neophasia menapia <\/em>(Lep.: Pieridae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 August 17 afternoon &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Mike Yip writes from Nanoose:&nbsp; Pleasant surprise to find a second generation Mylitta Crescent in my yard this afternoon.&nbsp; &nbsp; Male Mylitta Crescent Phyciodes mylitta (Lep.: Nymphalidae)&nbsp; Mike Yip &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr&#8217;s moths from Metchosin this morning.&nbsp; &nbsp; 1 Eupithecia sp.&nbsp; 1 Hydriomena speciosata 2 Lacinipolia pensilis&nbsp; 1 [&hellip;]<\/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-11907","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\/11907","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=11907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}