{"id":19797,"date":"2023-08-17T20:28:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T03:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=19797"},"modified":"2023-08-18T07:53:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T14:53:08","slug":"2023-august-17-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=19797","title":{"rendered":"2023 August 17 evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2023 August 17 evening<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>For the last several days it has been too hot for both humans and for butterflies to spend much time outside in the open, so butterfly sightings have been few.\u00a0 However, there are still some to be seen.\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy photographed a <strong>Painted Lady <\/strong>and a <strong>Woodland Skipper<\/strong>, as well as the moth <strong><em>Autographa californica <\/em><\/strong>at McIntyre reservoir today.\u00a0 There was a <strong>Lorquin\u2019s Admiral<\/strong> at Gordon Hart\u2019s Highlands home today. \u00a0And in Metchosin, Jochen M\u00f6hr saw a <strong>Pine White<\/strong> and photographed a <strong>Red Admiral<\/strong>. \u00a0Jeff Gaskin writes: Today, August 17,\u00a0I saw another <strong>Lorquin&#8217;s Admiral<\/strong> in the Gorge.\u00a0 Bill Dancer told me he saw a rather late <strong>Western Tiger Swallowtail <\/strong>the other day or on the 15th in his backyard on Sherwood Road near Arbutus Road.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Cabbage Whites<\/strong> and <strong>Woodland Skippers <\/strong>are still fairly numerous.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19796 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-P-Lady-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"329\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-P-Lady-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-P-Lady-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-P-Lady-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-P-Lady.jpg 1064w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/>\u00a0Painted Lady <em>Vanessa cardui\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)<br \/>\nMarie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19793 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-Woodland-1-300x185.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"506\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-Woodland-1-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-Woodland-1.jpg 597w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/>Woodland Skipper <em>Ochlodes sylvanoides <\/em>(Lep.: Hesperiidae)<br \/>\nMarie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19795 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-A-calif-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-A-calif-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-A-calif-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Marie-A-calif.jpg 926w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><em>Autographa californica\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae \u2013 Plusiinae)<br \/>\nMarie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19794 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Jochen-Red-Ad-300x235.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"484\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Jochen-Red-Ad-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Jochen-Red-Ad-1024x800.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Jochen-Red-Ad-768x600.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Jochen-Red-Ad.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 484px) 100vw, 484px\" \/>Red Admiral <em>Vanessa atalanta <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 August 17 evening \u00a0\u00a0 For the last several days it has been too hot for both humans and for butterflies to spend much time outside in the open, so butterfly sightings have been few.\u00a0 However, there are still some to be seen.\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy photographed a Painted Lady and a Woodland Skipper, as well 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