{"id":16312,"date":"2022-08-24T21:28:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T04:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=16312"},"modified":"2022-08-24T21:38:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T04:38:18","slug":"2022-august-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=16312","title":{"rendered":"2022 August 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;2022 August 22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Cheryl Hoyle sends pictures of a root-maggot fly and a grasshopper from View Royal, August 21:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/c541b82f.png\" width=\"414\" height=\"274\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Anthomyia procellaris <\/em>(Dip.: Anthomyiidae)&nbsp; Cheryl Hoyle<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/d107379e.png\" width=\"477\" height=\"369\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Melanoplus <\/em>sp. (Orth.: Acrididae)&nbsp; Cheryl Hoyle<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; It looks as though Jochen M&ouml;hr had a productive night last night in Metchosin:<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/ad5c7a06.png\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Eulithis xylina <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jochen M&ouml;hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/441ebf01.png\" width=\"468\" height=\"351\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Eulithis xylina <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jochen M&ouml;hr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; We shan&rsquo;t attempt to identify the bug (although possibly Miridae) near the left-hand wing, still less the tiny hymenopteran near the leg!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/f5c172c4.png\" width=\"511\" height=\"351\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Xanthorhoe defensaria <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen M&ouml;hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/5ab27c42.png\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Cosmia praeacuta <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)&nbsp; Jochen M&ouml;hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/dde96abc.png\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Cosmia praeacuta <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)&nbsp; Jochen M&ouml;hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/a1e73b70.png\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Elophila icciusalis <\/em>(Lep.: Crambidae)&nbsp; Jochen M&ouml;hr<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum writes: The caterpillar of the above moth lives under water in ponds.&nbsp; I think I&rsquo;d try to pronounce the beginning of its species name something like &ldquo;icksy&rdquo;.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/38cc0d1e.png\" width=\"465\" height=\"349\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Udea profundalis <\/em>(Lep.: Crambidae) &nbsp;Jochen M&ouml;hr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum writes:&nbsp; The other little moth might be a tortricid and the bug might be a mirid.&nbsp; Beyond that, we shan&rsquo;t go!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/cb9d5a4b.png\" width=\"505\" height=\"379\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Neoalcis californiaria <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jochen M&ouml;hr<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/00718d39.png\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Dargida procinctus <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)&nbsp; Jochen M&ouml;hr<\/p>\n<div id=\"v1_rc_sig\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;2022 August 22 &nbsp;&nbsp; Cheryl Hoyle sends pictures of a root-maggot fly and a grasshopper from View Royal, August 21: Anthomyia procellaris (Dip.: Anthomyiidae)&nbsp; Cheryl Hoyle &nbsp; Melanoplus sp. (Orth.: Acrididae)&nbsp; Cheryl Hoyle &nbsp;&nbsp; It looks as though Jochen M&ouml;hr had a productive night last night in Metchosin: Eulithis xylina (Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jochen M&ouml;hr &nbsp; [&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-16312","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\/16312","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=16312"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16312\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}