{"id":12093,"date":"2020-08-31T15:32:06","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T22:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=12093"},"modified":"2020-09-12T15:13:32","modified_gmt":"2020-09-12T22:13:32","slug":"august-31-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=12093","title":{"rendered":"August 30, 31"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2020 August 31<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Seventeen photographs today \u2013 a record!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Barb McGrenere writes:\u00a0 Mike and I saw a very worn Lorquin’s Admiral<\/strong> at Outerbridge Park on August 29. \u00a0We haven’t seen this species for several weeks.\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum comments:\u00a0 Yes, this is indeed a late sighting for the species, although they have occasionally been seen in September.<\/p>\n

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Lorquin’s Admiral Limenitis lorquini <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Barb McGrenere<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>A miscellany from Ian Cooper:<\/p>\n

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The first looks like a parasitoidal hymenopteran, probably either Braconidae or Ichneumonidae.\u00a0 I’m not sure if we’ll be able to identify it any closer than that.<\/p>\n

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Unidentified hymenopteran.\u00a0 Probably Braconidae or Ichneumonidae<\/p>\n

Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

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Seven-spotted Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata <\/em>(Co.: Coccinellidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

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Honey Bee Apis mellifera <\/em>(Hym.: Apidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

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Honey Bee Apis mellifera <\/em>(Hym.: Apidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

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Harvestman Phalangium opilio <\/em>(Opi.: Phalangiidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

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

1 Eulithis xylina<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Lacinipolia pensilis <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Neoalcis californiaria<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Noctua pronuba <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Oligia divesta <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Xestia finatimis <\/em><\/strong>species group<\/p>\n

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

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Xestia finatimis <\/em>species group (Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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

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

\u00a0\u00a0 Jochen writes (August 30) that there were three Woodland Skippers<\/strong> among the Hairy Cat’s Ears on his property in Metchosin, and he saw six Pine Whites <\/strong>there simultaneously.<\/p>\n

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Woodland Skipper Ochlodes sylvanoides <\/em>(Lep.: Hesperiidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Jochen continues:\u00a0 I also took a few pictures\u00a0of some wasps which are common here, building nests inside the railing around our deck.\u00a0 These here built a nest under our table on the deck.\u00a0 They are not aggressive.\u00a0 \u00a0I never got in trouble with any of them.\u00a0\u00a0 [But I strongly<\/span> suggest that you don’t threaten or annoy them, Jochen.\u00a0 ]<\/p>\n

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European Paper Wasp Polistes dominula <\/em>(Hym.: Vespidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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European Paper Wasp Polistes dominula <\/em>(Hym.: Vespidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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European Paper Wasp Polistes dominula <\/em>(Hym.: Vespidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Brenda Sopow sends a photograph of a caterpillar from the Horticultural Centre of the Pacific below.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 It looks a bit like Spilosoma virginica<\/em><\/strong>, <\/strong>but these are usually yellow or brown.\u00a0 I have never seen one white like this.<\/p>\n

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Spilosoma virginica <\/em>?\u00a0 (Lep.: Erebidae \u2013 Arctiinae)\u00a0 Brena Sopow<\/p>\n

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

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1 Apantesis <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Eulithis xylina\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

2 Drepanulatrix sp.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Feltia jaculifera <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Lacinipolia pensilis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

6 Neoalcis californiaria<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Xestia finatimis sp. group<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Xanthorhoe defensaria<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Platyptilia carduidactyla<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Apantesis nevadensis <\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae \u2013 Arctiinae) Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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

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Platyptilia carduidactyla <\/em>(Lep.: Pterophoridae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 This is a good opportunity for comparing this one with Sharon Godkin’s Amblyptilia pica <\/em>on August 28.<\/p>\n

2020 August 30<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Two caterpillars for today\u2019s posting.\u00a0\u00a0 The\u00a0 first, a Polyphemus Moth<\/strong> found by Peggy Hutchison at Swan Lake.\u00a0 The second,\u00a0 a young Peppered Moth<\/strong> found today by Jeremy Tatum on Hardhack at the Munn Road power line.<\/p>\n

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Polyphemus Moth Antheraea polyphemus <\/em>(Lep.: Saturniidae)\u00a0 Peggy Hutchison<\/p>\n

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Peppered Moth Biston betularia <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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2020 August 31 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Seventeen photographs today \u2013 a record! \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Barb McGrenere writes:\u00a0 Mike and I saw a very worn Lorquin’s Admiral at Outerbridge Park on August 29. \u00a0We haven’t seen this species for several weeks.\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum comments:\u00a0 Yes, this is indeed a late sighting for the species, although they have […]<\/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-12093","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\/12093","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=12093"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12201,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12093\/revisions\/12201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}