{"id":18130,"date":"2023-05-05T08:52:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T15:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=18130"},"modified":"2023-05-05T09:08:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T16:08:29","slug":"2023-may-5-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=18130","title":{"rendered":"2023 May 5 morning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2023 May 5 morning<\/b><\/p>\n

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May Butterfly Walk: Message from Gordon Hart<\/b><\/p>\n

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Hello Butterfly Watchers,<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Although accidentally not included in the VNHS online calendar or The Naturalist, there is a walk scheduled for this Sunday, May 7. We meet at the top of Mount Tolmie by the reservoir, at 1.00 p.m.\u00a0 You can park in the parking lot there, or in the large lot north of the summit. After a look around the summit, and depending on the weather, we will decide on a destination from there.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 You can see the most recent butterfly sightings on the VNHS Invertebrate alert: https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?cat=8<\/a>
\nand you can review Vancouver Island butterflies at Val George\u2019s website :
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Gordon Hart,<\/p>\n

Butterfly Count Coordinator<\/p>\n

Victoria Natural History Society<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Aziza Cooper photographed the fly below at Beechey Head, May 3.\u00a0 This fly is parasitoidal on caterpillars.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Epalpus signifer\u00a0 <\/i>(Dip.: Tachinidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper photographed this Greenbottle fly along the Galloping Goose Trail on May 3.\u00a0 This fly is attracted to, and lays its eggs in, decaying animal flesh, excrement, and other similar places.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lucilia <\/i>(probably sericata<\/i>) (Dip.: Calliphoridae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Also photographed along the Galloping Goose Trail, May 3, a weevil and a butterfly:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Weevil\u00a0 Lixus rubellus\u00a0 <\/em>(Col.: Curculionidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Cabbage White\u00a0 Pieris rapae <\/i>(Lep.: Pieridae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

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2023 May 5 morning   May Butterfly Walk: Message from Gordon Hart   Hello Butterfly Watchers,   \u00a0\u00a0 Although accidentally not included in the VNHS online calendar or The Naturalist, there is a walk scheduled for this Sunday, May 7. We meet at the top of Mount Tolmie by the reservoir, at 1.00 p.m.\u00a0 You […]<\/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-18130","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\/18130","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=18130"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18137,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18130\/revisions\/18137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}