{"id":18957,"date":"2023-06-22T20:45:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T03:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=18957"},"modified":"2023-06-22T20:45:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T03:45:29","slug":"2023-june-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=18957","title":{"rendered":"2023 June 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2023 June 22<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Two insects, a bug and a moth, not at all related but both bearing the species name <em>dimidiata<\/em>, arrived today.\u00a0\u00a0 The bug is sometimes spelled <em>dimiata<\/em>.\u00a0 For the \u201ccorrect\u201d spelling, one is supposed to use the spelling given in the original scientific publication of the organism \u2013 usually in some very ancient and obscure journal.\u00a0 I have not seen the original description by Thomas Say, though I believe it was <em>dimiata<\/em>.\u00a0 Nevertheless, <em>dimidiata<\/em> seems to be used today at least as often as <em>dimiata<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18953 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Banasa-dimidiata-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Banasa-dimidiata-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Banasa-dimidiata-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Banasa-dimidiata-1.jpg 782w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><em>Banasa dimidiata <\/em>(or <em>dimiata<\/em>) (Hem.: Pentatomidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Val George<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18954 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Idaea-300x167.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Idaea-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Idaea-1024x568.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Idaea-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Idaea.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><em>Idaea dimidiata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here is an ovum of a <strong>Polyphemus Moth <\/strong>found on the underside of a willow leaf at Munn Road today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18956 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Polyphemus-ovum-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Polyphemus-ovum-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Polyphemus-ovum-1024x550.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Polyphemus-ovum-768x412.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Polyphemus-ovum.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/>Polyphemus Moth <em>Antheraea polyphemus\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Saturniidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 Here are a female <em>Malacosoma californicum <\/em>and a female <em>Malacosoma disstria.\u00a0 <\/em>In <em>M. californicum, <\/em>the two transverse lines are bicolorous.\u00a0 The PM line is edged with pale distad, and the AM line is edged with pale basad.\u00a0 The transverse lines of <em>M. disstria <\/em>are unicolorous.\u00a0 Note also in <em>M. disstria <\/em>the strongly marked veins, particularly between the transverse lines.\u00a0 The veins are not nearly as obvious in <em>M. californicum<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 If I can, I\u2019ll try and get two males and show them later.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18952 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Malac-calif-ad-f-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Malac-calif-ad-f-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Malac-calif-ad-f-1024x782.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Malac-calif-ad-f-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Malac-calif-ad-f.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/>Female <em>Malacosoma californicum\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Lasiocampidae)<br \/>\nJeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18955 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Malac-diss-ad-f-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Malac-diss-ad-f-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Malac-diss-ad-f-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Malac-diss-ad-f-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Malac-diss-ad-f.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 509px) 100vw, 509px\" \/>Female <em>Malacosoma disstria\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Lasiocampidae)<br \/>\nJeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 June 22 \u00a0\u00a0 Two insects, a bug and a moth, not at all related but both bearing the species name dimidiata, arrived today.\u00a0\u00a0 The bug is sometimes spelled dimiata.\u00a0 For the \u201ccorrect\u201d spelling, one is supposed to use the spelling given in the original scientific publication of the organism \u2013 usually in some very 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