{"id":14079,"date":"2021-05-28T16:36:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T23:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=14079"},"modified":"2021-05-29T10:13:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T17:13:29","slug":"may-28-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=14079","title":{"rendered":"May 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>2021 May 28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Jochen M\u00f6hr reports two <strong><em>Xanthorhoe defensaria<\/em><\/strong> (at two different lights) and one <strong><em>Lithomoia\u00a0napaea <\/em><\/strong>at his Metchosin home yesterday morning:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 456px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pastedImage-92.png\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Xanthorhoe defensaria <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 449px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pastedImage-93.png\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Xanthorhoe defensaria <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 471px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image006.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pastedImage-94.png\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lithomoia\u00a0napaea <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Tatum shows a <strong><em>Herpetogramma thestealis<\/em><\/strong> reared from a caterpillar from Blenkinsop Lake.<em>\u00a0 <\/em>This is one of several caterpillars that feed on Stinging Nettle, in spite of the stings that presumably evolved to deter animals from eating the leaves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image008.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pastedImage-95.png\" width=\"597.6\" height=\"370.6269230769231\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Herpetogramma thestealis <\/em>(Lep.: Crambidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Here is another (caterpillar and adult) nettle-feeder, also from near Blenkinsop Lake.\u00a0 I do not know what species it is; I think it is probably a tortricid.\u00a0 Possibilities:\u00a0 <em>Phiaris glacialis <\/em>or\u00a0 <em>Celypha cespitana<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Is anyone can help, please do let us know.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image010.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pastedImage-96.png\" width=\"597.6\" height=\"395.5269230769231\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nettle-feeder, probably a tortricid (Lep.: Tortricidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 623px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image012.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/pastedImage-97.png\" width=\"597.6\" height=\"437.66538461538465\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Nettle-feeder, probably a tortricid (Lep.: Tortricidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2021 May 28 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr reports two Xanthorhoe defensaria (at two different lights) and one Lithomoia\u00a0napaea at his Metchosin home yesterday morning: &nbsp; Xanthorhoe defensaria (Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr Xanthorhoe defensaria (Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr Lithomoia\u00a0napaea (Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr &nbsp; Jeremy Tatum shows a Herpetogramma thestealis reared from a caterpillar from Blenkinsop [&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-14079","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\/14079","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=14079"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14079\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14090,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14079\/revisions\/14090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}