{"id":1360,"date":"2015-03-28T02:03:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T09:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2016-03-13T16:38:09","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:38:09","slug":"march-27-third-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=1360","title":{"rendered":"March 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2015 March 27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Libby Avis sends some recent photos of noctuid moths from Port Alberni:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Acerra normalis<\/em><\/strong> from Feb 25<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Pleromelloida conserta<\/em><\/strong> March 11<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Xylena curvimacula<\/em><\/strong> March 16<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Xylena nupera<\/em><\/strong> March 13<sup>th<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><sup>&nbsp;<\/sup><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1355\" style=\"width: 437px;\" title=\"Acerra normalis - Port Alberni - Home_MG_0563ar.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea5dc5b.jpeg\" alt=\"\" name=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea5dc5b.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea5dc5b-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea5dc5b-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea5dc5b-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Acerra normalis <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae) Libby Avis<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1356\" style=\"width: 403px;\" title=\"Pleromelloida conserta - Port Alberni - Home_MG_0652ar.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea5e589.jpeg\" alt=\"\" name=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea5e589.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea5e589-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea5e589-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea5e589-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Pleromelloida conserta <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae) Libby Avis<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1357\" style=\"width: 399px;\" title=\"Xylena curvimacula - Port Alberni - Home_MG_0691ar.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea5f2d9.jpeg\" alt=\"\" name=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea5f2d9.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea5f2d9-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea5f2d9-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Xylena curvimacula <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae) Libby Avis<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1358\" style=\"width: 414px; height: 276px;\" title=\"Xylena nupera - Port Alberni - Home_MG_0673ar.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea5f901.jpeg\" alt=\"\" name=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea5f901.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea5f901-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea5f901-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Xylena nupera <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae) Libby Avis<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum writes:&nbsp; On March 14 I showed a photograph of an Orangetip chrysalis.&nbsp; Here is the same chrysalis today &#8211; you can see the wing colour of the butterfly that will shortly emerge.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1359\" style=\"width: 448px;\" title=\"sara pup2.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea60096.jpeg\" alt=\"\" name=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea60096.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea60096-300x233.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea60096-768x596.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/image55160bea60096-1024x794.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Sara Orangetip <em>Anthocharis sara <\/em>(Lep.: Pieridae) Jeremy Tatum<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Barb McGrenere writes:&nbsp; Mike and I took a walk up the road to Observatory Hill this afternoon (March 26) and saw eight <strong>Sara Orangetips<\/strong> on the way up and near the summit; and one <strong> California Tortoiseshell<\/strong> basking on the asphalt beside one of the telescope buildings and then basking on the roof over the entrance to that building.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Gerry Ansell writes:&nbsp; On a walk up Christmas Hill late this afternoon (Friday March 27), Wendy and I saw our first <strong>Milbert&rsquo;s Tortoiseshell<\/strong> of the year.&nbsp; We also saw at least four <strong> Sara Orangetips<\/strong> and one <strong>Cabbage White<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 March 27 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Libby Avis sends some recent photos of noctuid moths from Port Alberni: Acerra normalis from Feb 25th Pleromelloida conserta March 11th Xylena curvimacula March 16th Xylena nupera March 13th &nbsp; Acerra normalis (Lep.: Noctuidae) Libby Avis Pleromelloida conserta (Lep.: Noctuidae) Libby Avis &nbsp; 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