{"id":19349,"date":"2023-07-15T17:53:06","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T00:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=19349"},"modified":"2023-07-19T07:42:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T14:42:48","slug":"2023-july-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=19349","title":{"rendered":"2023 July 15"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2023 July 15 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>July Butterfly Count<br \/>\nMessage from Gordon Hart<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hello, Butterfly Watchers,<br \/>\nThe July count period starts Saturday July 15 until Sunday July 23. This is an informal census of butterfly numbers and species in Greater Victoria. The area is defined by the Christmas Bird Count circle, extending from Victoria to Brentwood Bay and Island View Road in Central Saanich, and west to Happy Valley and Triangle Mountain, and Langford Lake and Goldstream areas.<\/p>\n<p>You can submit a count any time over the count period, just use a separate form for each count and location. In the case of repeat or duplicate counts, I will use the higher numbers. To submit counts, please use the form from the VNHS website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=33\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p%3D33&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1689553272786000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3EqyC-Jgzuh8O8vp7dzGl9\">https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=33<\/a><br \/>\nIf you have difficulty with the form, just send me an email with the information.<br \/>\nThank-you for submitting your sightings and good luck with your count.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon<\/p>\n<p>Gordon Hart,<br \/>\nButterfly Count Coordinator,<br \/>\nVictoria Natural History Society<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Gordon also sends pictures of some insects from Maber Flats.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19344 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cabbage-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cabbage-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Cabbage.jpg 589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/>Male Cabbage White <em>Pieris rapae\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Pieridae) Gordon Hart<\/p>\n<p>Compare this with Jochen M\u00f6hr\u2019s female shown on July 7.\u00a0 Male has one black spot.\u00a0 Female has two (one of which is a very close double-spot).<\/p>\n<p>Next is an interesting-looking fly.\u00a0 If anyone can tell us what it is, please do let us know.\u00a0 In the meantime, Jeremy Tatum suggests that it may be a member of the Family Pallopteridae.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19345 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Fly-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Fly-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Fly.jpg 587w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/>Unidentified fly (Dip.:\u00a0 Possibly Pallopteridae)\u00a0 Gordon Hart<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19348 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ischnura-300x288.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ischnura-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ischnura.jpg 459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/>Pacific Forktail <em>Ischnura cervula <\/em>(Odo.: Coenagrionidae)<br \/>\nGordon Hart<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19347 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ischnura-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ischnura-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Ischnura-2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/>Pacific Forktail <em>Ischnura cervula <\/em>(Odo.: Coenagrionidae)<br \/>\nGordon Hart<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19346 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gerrid-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gerrid-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/gerrid.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/>Water Strider\u00a0 (Hem.: Gerridae)\u00a0 Gordon Hart<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 July 15 July Butterfly Count Message from Gordon Hart Hello, Butterfly Watchers, The July count period starts Saturday July 15 until Sunday July 23. This is an informal census of butterfly numbers and species in Greater Victoria. The area is defined by the Christmas Bird Count circle, extending from Victoria to Brentwood Bay and [&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-19349","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\/19349","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=19349"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19386,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19349\/revisions\/19386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}