{"id":18084,"date":"2023-05-01T20:37:56","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T03:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=18084"},"modified":"2023-05-01T20:59:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T03:59:21","slug":"2023-may-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=18084","title":{"rendered":"2023 May 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cheryl Hoyle sends a photograph of a Western Conifer Seed Bug <\/b>from View Royal, April 30.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Leptoglossus occidentalis\u00a0 <\/i>(Hem.:\u00a0 Coreidae) Cheryl Hoyle<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Val George writes:\u00a0 This moth was on the wall of my Oak Bay house this morning, May 1.<\/p>\n

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Triphosa haesitata\u00a0 <\/i>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0\u00a0 Val George<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Mike McGrenere writes:\u00a0 I hiked up Mount Douglas today with Daniel D\u00f6nnecke and we saw lots of butterflies as well as lots of birds. Here is a summary of the butterflies:<\/p>\n

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Sara Orangetip<\/b> – 10<\/p>\n

Propertius Duskywing<\/b> – 6<\/p>\n

Western Spring Azure<\/b> – 3<\/p>\n

Cabbage White<\/b> – 1<\/p>\n

Mourning Cloak<\/b> – 1 (seen by Daniel)<\/p>\n

Western Brown Elfin<\/b> – 1<\/p>\n

A possible Satyr Comma<\/b> but too brief a look.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0 Aziza Cooper writes:\u00a0\u00a0 Today, May 1, at Blenkinsop Lake, there were three Western Spring <\/b>Azures<\/b>, five Mourning Cloaks<\/b>, two Satyr Commas,<\/b> and one Cabbage White<\/b>. \u00a0\u00a0 One of the Mourning Cloaks landed on my hat. I saw its shadow on top of my head, but when I took the hat off it left. \u00a0\u00a0[See also Jeff Gaskin\u2019s account of yesterday, April 30.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Note also, the butterfly in Aziza\u2019s photograph may be ovipositing.]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Male Western Spring Azure Celastrina echo\u00a0 <\/i>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n

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Mourning Cloak\u00a0 Nymphalis antiopa <\/i>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Aziza also shows a photograph of a fly in her house in Saanich.\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 I do not know what the fly is \u2013 I have had a quick look without success in Clusiidae, Drosophilidae and Piophilidae. Suggestions from viewers would be welcome.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Unidentified fly (Diptera)\u00a0\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2023 May 1   Cheryl Hoyle sends a photograph of a Western Conifer Seed Bug from View Royal, April 30.   Leptoglossus occidentalis\u00a0 (Hem.:\u00a0 Coreidae) Cheryl Hoyle \u00a0\u00a0 Val George writes:\u00a0 This moth was on the wall of my Oak Bay house this morning, May 1.   Triphosa haesitata\u00a0 (Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0\u00a0 Val George \u00a0\u00a0 Mike […]<\/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-18084","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\/18084","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=18084"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18094,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18084\/revisions\/18094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}