{"id":13748,"date":"2021-04-15T16:52:47","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T23:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=13748"},"modified":"2021-04-22T11:49:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T18:49:37","slug":"april-15-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=13748","title":{"rendered":"April 15"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Here’s a photograph by Kirsten Mills of the Satyr Comma <\/strong>seen by Jeff Gaskin and Kirsten Mills on April 13 at Francis\/King Park, mentioned in yesterday’s posting.<\/p>\n

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Satyr Comma Polygonia satyrus <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Kirsten Mills<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 And here’s a Green Comma, photographed by Gordon Hart in the Highlands on April 14.\u00a0 So now we know the difference!<\/p>\n

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Green Comma Polygonia faunus <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Gordon Hart<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Gordon also photographed this moth on the walls of his greenhouse:<\/p>\n

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Melanolophia imitata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Gordon Hart<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr had one of the same species in Metchosin:<\/p>\n

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

as well as a few other moths:<\/p>\n

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


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Hypena decorata <\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae \u2013 Hypeninae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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Probably Venusia pearsalli\/obsoleta <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Jochen’s Venusia<\/em> was a little worse for wear \u2013 and even with a fresh pearsalli\/obsoleta<\/em> we can’t tell the difference between the\u00a0two species (if indeed there is<\/span> a difference!)\u00a0 \u00a0Kalene Lillico came across a much fresher one at Swan Lake Nature House:<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Venusia pearsalli\/obsoleta <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Kalene Lillico<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Please note, writes Jeremy Tatum, that I had originally labelled this photograph incorrectly as V. cambrica,<\/em> as\u00a0 I also did with another individual on April 4,\u00a0 See April 4 for some comments on the identification of the Venusias<\/em>.\u00a0 I am very grateful to Libby Avis for pointing out the mistake.<\/p>\n

Rosemary Jorna photographed a lady beetle Harmonia axyridis<\/em><\/strong> in the Kemp Lake area today, April 15.<\/p>\n

This Asian introduced species is very variable, but it can usually be recognized by the black M<\/strong> or W<\/strong> on its pronotum.\u00a0\u00a0 It has been given so many English names that I (Jeremy Tatum) usually call it the Many-named Lady Beetle.<\/p>\n

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Harmomia axyridis <\/em>(Col.: Coccinellidae)\u00a0 Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n

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Harmomia axyridis <\/em>(Col.: Coccinellidae)\u00a0 Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n

\u00a0 Rosemary also photographed this Crane Fly – another introduced species, this one from Europe.\u00a0\u00a0 This insect is usually called a Daddy-long-legs in Britain \u2013 a name we usually use for a harvestman.<\/p>\n

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Female Tipula paludosa <\/em>(Dip.: Tipulidae)\u00a0 Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n

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Gordon Hart photographed these two Bee Flies<\/strong> in the Highlands.\u00a0 Jeremy Gatten writes:\u00a0 I would call both of those Bombylius major<\/em><\/strong>. They are a little variable in their appearance, but it’s the only species I have found locally with the exception of some small, entirely blonde-haired ones that are probably in the genus Systoechus<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Bee Fly Bombylius major <\/em>(Dip.: Bombyliidae)\u00a0 Gordon Hart<\/p>\n

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Bee Fly Bombylius major <\/em>(Dip.: Bombyliidae)\u00a0 Gordon Hart<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Marie O’Shaughnessy shows the underside of one of the two California Tortoiseshells <\/strong>that have been on the Mount Tolmie reservoir for the last few days.<\/p>\n

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California Tortoiseshell Nymphalis californica <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Marie O’Shaughnessy<\/p>\n

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2021 April 15 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Here’s a photograph by Kirsten Mills of the Satyr Comma seen by Jeff Gaskin and Kirsten Mills on April 13 at Francis\/King Park, mentioned in yesterday’s posting.   Satyr Comma Polygonia satyrus (Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Kirsten Mills \u00a0\u00a0 And here’s a Green Comma, photographed by Gordon Hart in the Highlands on […]<\/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-13748","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\/13748","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=13748"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13825,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13748\/revisions\/13825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}