{"id":14239,"date":"2021-06-18T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T22:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=14239"},"modified":"2021-06-22T10:53:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T17:53:51","slug":"july-18-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=14239","title":{"rendered":"July 18"},"content":{"rendered":"

2021 June 18<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy was up at Mount Tolmie on June 16 around 6 pm and she saw 2 Painted Ladies<\/strong> as well as 3 Western Tiger Swallowtails<\/strong> \u00a0feasting on blossoms of the Blackberry bushes and Mock Orange. The Painted Lady<\/strong> was on the concrete reservoir at the summit. She also saw a Sheep Moth<\/strong> caterpillar.<\/p>\n

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Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus <\/em>(Lep.: Papilionidae)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n

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Jeremy Tatum comments:\u00a0 This, I think, is an unmistakeable rutulus<\/em>;\u00a0 eurymedon<\/em> is much paler and the black stripes are thicker.\u00a0\u00a0 Nevertheless, observers, including myself, sometimes find that we are not certain which of our two species of tiger swallowtail we are seeing.\u00a0 Is the backfround colour pale enough for eurymedon<\/em>?\u00a0 Is it yellow enough for rutulus<\/em>?\u00a0 Are the black stripes thick enough for eurymedon<\/em>?\u00a0 Thin enough for rutulus<\/em>?\u00a0 Here are two criteria that I use, in addition to the paleness or brightness of the yellow.\u00a0 Viewers may see a recent close-up of eurymedon <\/em>on May 27 morning.<\/p>\n

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  1. Look at the first (proximal \u2013 i.e. starting from the body) yellow stripe.\u00a0 In rutulus<\/em> it is wider than the adjacent (next outward) black stripe.\u00a0 In eurymedon<\/em> it is narrower.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    1. Look at the crescent immediately at the base of the \u201ctail\u201d on the hindwing.\u00a0 In rutulus<\/em> it is yellow.\u00a0 It eurymedon<\/em> it is red.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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      I don\u2019t guarantee that from now on no one (especially not myself) will ever be uncertain again! Maybe, by looking at the two pictures, viewers can suggest other useful criteria.<\/p>\n

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      Also photographed by Marie:<\/p>\n

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      Painted Lady Vanessa cardui <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n

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      Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina <\/em>(Lep.: Saturniidae) Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n

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      This caterpillar, warns Jeremy Tatum, can give you a rash if you handle it.<\/p>\n

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      The following day, June 17, Jeremy Tatum reported three Painted Ladies <\/strong>near the Jeffery Pine on Mount Tolmie, 6:00 pm.<\/p>\n

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      Jeff Gaskin writes:\u00a0 Kirsten Mills and I saw a rather ragged Satyr Comma<\/strong> on June 16, at Beckwith Park.\u00a0 \u00a0It was near the ponds.<\/p>\n

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      Rosemary Jorna had a productive June 17 in the Kemp Lake area and Sooke Potholes:<\/p>\n

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      Goldenrod Crab Spider , Kemp Lake area<\/p>\n

      Azure, Sooke Potholes
      \nAzure, Kemp Lake area
      \nSwallowtail,Kemp Lake area<\/p>\n

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      Golden Rod Crab Spider Misumena vatia <\/em>(Ara.: Thomisidae)\u00a0 Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n

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      Western Spring Azure Celastrina echo <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n

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      Western Spring Azure Celastrina echo <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Rosemary<\/p>\n

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      OK!, writes Jeremy Tatum \u2013 before you look at the label on the next one\u00a0 \u2013 were you paying attention?!<\/p>\n

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      Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus <\/em>(Lep.: Papilionidae)\u00a0 Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n

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      2021 June 18 \u00a0\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy was up at Mount Tolmie on June 16 around 6 pm and she saw 2 Painted Ladies as well as 3 Western Tiger Swallowtails \u00a0feasting on blossoms of the Blackberry bushes and Mock Orange. The Painted Lady was on the concrete reservoir at the summit. She also saw a […]<\/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-14239","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\/14239","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=14239"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14290,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14239\/revisions\/14290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}