{"id":17875,"date":"2023-04-13T19:42:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T02:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=17875"},"modified":"2023-04-13T20:11:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T03:11:52","slug":"2023-april-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=17875","title":{"rendered":"2023 April 13"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0 April Butterfly Count. Message from Gordon Hart<\/b><\/p>\n

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Hello, Butterfly Enthusiasts,<\/p>\n

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Even though the spring weather has been cool and cloudy, we will have an April count. Five species have been reported to the Invertebrate Alert this year, and the April count usually has 10 or 11 species.<\/p>\n

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The count period starts Saturday April 15 until Sunday April 23. This is an informal census of butterfly numbers and species in Greater Victoria. The area is defined by the Christmas Bird Count circle, extending from Victoria to Brentwood Bay and Island View Road in Central Saanich, and west to Happy Valley and Triangle Mountain, and Langford Lake and Goldstream areas.<\/p>\n

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You can submit a count any time over the count period, just use a separate form for each count and location. In the case of repeat or duplicate counts, I will use the higher numbers. To submit counts, please use the form from the VNHS website at https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=33<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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If you have difficulty with the form, just send me an email with the information.<\/p>\n

Thank-you for submitting your sightings and good luck with your count.<\/p>\n

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Gordon Hart,<\/p>\n

Butterfly Count Coordinator<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Egira crucialis<\/i>\/simplex <\/i>is one of many moth pairs that are difficult to distinguish.\u00a0 Cheryl Hoyle photographed this one in View Royal yesterday, April 12. If you can find the reniform spot (not obvious in this moth) you will see a small orange smudge inside it.\u00a0 I think <\/u>(writes Jeremy Tatum) that this makes it Egira crucialis<\/i>.\u00a0 <\/b>I think<\/u> that the orange smudge is never present in simplex<\/i>, and not always obvious in crucialis<\/i>.\u00a0 If this is correct, then presence of the smudge indicates crucialis<\/i>, but absence of the smudge leaves us uncertain.<\/p>\n

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Egira crucialis <\/i>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Cheryl Hoyle<\/p>\n

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Egira crucialis <\/i>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Cheryl Hoyle<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy continues:\u00a0 And here is another one, which turned up at my Saanich apartment last night.\u00a0 You can jus<\/u>t<\/span>\u2013 but only just \u2013 catch a glimpse of that tiny orange smudge.\u00a0 I think this one, too, is E. crucialis<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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Egira crucialis\u00a0 <\/i>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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