{"id":18989,"date":"2023-06-23T21:23:35","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T04:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=18989"},"modified":"2023-06-23T21:23:35","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T04:23:35","slug":"2023-june-23-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=18989","title":{"rendered":"2023 June 23 evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2023 June 23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy spent an hour in Uplands Park on June 22.\u00a0 Among other things there she counted 33 <strong>Essex Skippers<\/strong> and 45 <strong>Sheep Moths.\u00a0 <\/strong>Here are two <strong>Sheep Moths.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18982 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sheep-upper-Marie-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sheep-upper-Marie-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sheep-upper-Marie-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sheep-upper-Marie-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sheep-upper-Marie.jpg 1095w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/strong>Sheep Moth <em>Hemileuca eglanterina <\/em>(Lep.:\u00a0 Saturniidae)<br \/>\nMarie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18981 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sheep-under-Marie-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sheep-under-Marie-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sheep-under-Marie-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sheep-under-Marie-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Sheep-under-Marie.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/>Sheep Moth <em>Hemileuca eglanterina <\/em>(Lep.:\u00a0 Saturniidae)<br \/>\nMarie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jochen M\u00f6hr writes this morning from Metchosin that things are getting livelier and more diverse.\u00a0 Here is a selection of what turned up at his house last night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18979 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/L.-lorquini-P1730909-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/L.-lorquini-P1730909-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/L.-lorquini-P1730909-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/L.-lorquini-P1730909.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/>Lorquin\u2019s Admiral <em>Limenitis lorquini\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)<br \/>\nJochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18985 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Spilosoma-virginica-P1730897-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"330\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Spilosoma-virginica-P1730897-230x300.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Spilosoma-virginica-P1730897-768x1004.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Spilosoma-virginica-P1730897.jpg 918w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>Virginia Tiger Moth <em>Spilosoma virginica<br \/>\n<\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae &#8211; Arctiinae)<br \/>\nJochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18986 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Spilosoma-virginica-P1730899-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Spilosoma-virginica-P1730899-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Spilosoma-virginica-P1730899-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Spilosoma-virginica-P1730899.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/>Virginia Tiger Moth <em>Spilosoma virginica<br \/>\n<\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae &#8211; Arctiinae)<br \/>\nJochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18984 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Spilosoma-virginica-P1730886-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"316\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Spilosoma-virginica-P1730886-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Spilosoma-virginica-P1730886-775x1024.jpg 775w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Spilosoma-virginica-P1730886-768x1015.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Spilosoma-virginica-P1730886.jpg 908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/>Virginia Tiger Moth <em>Spilosoma virginica<br \/>\n<\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae &#8211; Arctiinae)<br \/>\nJochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18980 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Lophocampa-maculata-P1730889-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Lophocampa-maculata-P1730889-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Lophocampa-maculata-P1730889-821x1024.jpg 821w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Lophocampa-maculata-P1730889-768x958.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Lophocampa-maculata-P1730889.jpg 962w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/>Spotted Tiger Moth <em>Lophocampa maculata<br \/>\n<\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae \u2013 Arctiinae)<br \/>\nJochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18987 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tyria-jacobaeae-P1730894-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"341\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tyria-jacobaeae-P1730894-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tyria-jacobaeae-P1730894-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Tyria-jacobaeae-P1730894.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/>Cinnabar Moth <em>Tyria jacobaeae\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae \u2013 Arctiinae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18988 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Xanthorhoe-defensaria-P1730904-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Xanthorhoe-defensaria-P1730904-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Xanthorhoe-defensaria-P1730904-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Xanthorhoe-defensaria-P1730904-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Xanthorhoe-defensaria-P1730904.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><em>Xanthorhoe defensaria \u00a0<\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18983 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Spargania-magniolata-P1730882-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Spargania-magniolata-P1730882-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Spargania-magniolata-P1730882-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Spargania-magniolata-P1730882-768x566.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Spargania-magniolata-P1730882.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><em>Spargania magnoliata\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<br \/>\nWe are grateful to Libby Avis for the identification of this moth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 June 23 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy spent an hour in Uplands Park on June 22.\u00a0 Among other things there she counted 33 Essex Skippers and 45 Sheep Moths.\u00a0 Here are two Sheep Moths. \u00a0\u00a0Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina (Lep.:\u00a0 Saturniidae) Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Sheep Moth Hemileuca eglanterina (Lep.:\u00a0 Saturniidae) Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy &nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18989","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\/18989","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18990,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18989\/revisions\/18990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}