{"id":19606,"date":"2023-08-05T20:21:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T03:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=19606"},"modified":"2023-08-05T20:22:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T03:22:57","slug":"2023-august-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=19606","title":{"rendered":"2023 August 5 evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2023 August 5 evening<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>From Gordon Hart:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hello, Butterfly Watchers,<\/p>\n<p>This is a reminder for the VNHS Butterfly Walk on Sunday, August 6.<\/p>\n<p>We will meet at the Mount Tolmie summit 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.<\/p>\n<p>You can review Vancouver Island butterflies at Val George\u2019s website : <a href=\"https:\/\/vancouverislandbutterflies.com\/\">https:\/\/vancouverislandbutterflies.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See you on Sunday,<br \/>\nGordon Hart<br \/>\nButterfly count coordinator<br \/>\nVictoria Natural History Society<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy writes: I was in Outerbridge Park yesterday Friday Aug 4th between \u00a012:30 and 2:00 pm and I saw two very worn <strong>Lorquin\u2019s Admirals<\/strong>, \u00a0three <strong>Cabbage White<\/strong> butterflies and seven <strong>Woodland Skippers<\/strong>.\u00a0 I also saw two <strong>Blue Dashers<\/strong>, two <strong>Paddle-tailed Darners<\/strong> and a <strong>Striped<\/strong> <strong>Meadowhawk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19605 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-Woodland-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-Woodland-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-Woodland.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/>Woodland Skipper <em>Ochlodes sylvanoides <\/em>(Lep.: Hesperiidae)<br \/>\nMarie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19604 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-dragon-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-dragon-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-dragon-1024x705.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-dragon-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-dragon.jpg 1160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/strong>Striped Meadowhawk\u00a0 <em>Sympetrum pallipes\u00a0 <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae) Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Val George writes:\u00a0 These two moths (<strong><em>Cyclophora dataria<\/em><\/strong> and\u00a0<strong><em>Macaria signaria<\/em><\/strong>) were on the walls of my Oak Bay house this morning, August 5.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19602 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cyclophora-dataria-4-177x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cyclophora-dataria-4-177x300.jpg 177w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cyclophora-dataria-4-605x1024.jpg 605w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cyclophora-dataria-4.jpg 674w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><em>Cyclophora dataria <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Val George)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19603 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Macaria-signaria-2-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"453\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Macaria-signaria-2-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Macaria-signaria-2-1024x722.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Macaria-signaria-2-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Macaria-signaria-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><em>Macaria signaria\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Val George)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 August 5 evening \u00a0From Gordon Hart: Hello, Butterfly Watchers, This is a reminder for the VNHS Butterfly Walk on Sunday, August 6. We will meet at the Mount Tolmie summit 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. 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