{"id":18673,"date":"2023-06-02T20:15:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T03:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=18673"},"modified":"2023-06-02T20:15:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T03:15:16","slug":"2023-june-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=18673","title":{"rendered":"2023 June 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2023 June 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>June Butterfly Walk<br \/>\nMessage from Gordon Hart<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Hello, Butterfly Watchers,<br \/>\nWe will be having a Butterfly Walk on Sunday, June 4.<br \/>\nWe will meet at the top of Mount Tolmie by the reservoir, at 1.00 p.m. You can park in the parking lot there, or in the large lot north of the summit. After a look around the summit, we will decide on a destination from there.<br \/>\nSee you on Sunday,<br \/>\nGordon<\/p>\n<p>Gordon Hart,<br \/>\nButterfly count coordinator<br \/>\nVictoria Natural History Society<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten Mills writes:\u00a0 Today, June 2, my son and I went up Mount Tolmie. We saw <strong>2 Anise Swallowtail, 5 Western Tiger Swallowtail, 1 Pale Tiger Swallowtail, 4 Lorquin&#8217;s Admiral, 1 Red Admiral, 2 Painted Lady, and 1 West Coast Lady.<\/strong> \u00a0Also could you please identify this caterpillar?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18676 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSCN5055_1-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSCN5055_1-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSCN5055_1-1024x713.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSCN5055_1-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/DSCN5055_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/>Anise Swallowtail <em>Papilio zelicaon <\/em>(Lep.: Papilionidae)<br \/>\nKirsten Mills<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18674 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PSX_20230602_174737-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"445\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PSX_20230602_174737-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PSX_20230602_174737-768x640.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/PSX_20230602_174737.jpg 795w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 445px) 100vw, 445px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Erannis defoliaria<\/em>\/<em>vancouverensis\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)<br \/>\nKirsten Mills<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cindy Hayes writes: I live in Cedar at the north end of Quennell Lake and found a deceased <strong>Cinnabar Moth<\/strong> on June 2, 2023.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18675 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cinnabar-300x222.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cinnabar-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/cinnabar.jpg 414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><br \/>\nCinnabar Moth\u00a0 <em>Tyria jacobaeae\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae \u2013 Arctiinae)<br \/>\nCindy Hayes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 June 2 \u00a0June Butterfly Walk Message from Gordon Hart \u00a0Hello, Butterfly Watchers, We will be having a Butterfly Walk on Sunday, June 4. 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