{"id":19999,"date":"2023-08-27T19:28:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T02:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=19999"},"modified":"2023-08-27T19:28:48","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T02:28:48","slug":"2023-august-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=19999","title":{"rendered":"2023 August 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2023 August 27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jeff Gaskin writes:\u00a0 Today, August 27, a single <strong>Mourning Cloak<\/strong> whizzed by me at 4447 Wilkinson Road near the entrance to Quick&#8217;s Bottom.\u00a0 Also, three <strong>Ringlets<\/strong> were at Rithet&#8217;s Bog this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Aziza Cooper and Jeremy Tatum saw a <strong>Ringlet <\/strong>at Island View Beach, August 27.<\/p>\n<p>There are still many <strong>Woodland Skippers<\/strong> and a few <strong>Cabbage Whites <\/strong>around.<\/p>\n<p>Jochen M\u00f6hr sends a photograph of <strong><em>Udea profundalis<\/em><\/strong> from his home in Metchosin today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19991 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Udea-Pyrausta-profundalis-P1740933-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Udea-Pyrausta-profundalis-P1740933-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Udea-Pyrausta-profundalis-P1740933-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Udea-Pyrausta-profundalis-P1740933-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Udea-Pyrausta-profundalis-P1740933.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><em>Udea profundalis <\/em>(Lep.: Crambidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Aziza Cooper sends three photographs from McIntyre reservoir, August 26, plus a caterpillar photograph from Swan Lake, August 27.\u00a0\u00a0 Thanks to Steven Roias for identifying the bumble bee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20000 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/E-Bfly-W-Skip-two-Mac-Res-1b-1-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/E-Bfly-W-Skip-two-Mac-Res-1b-1-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/E-Bfly-W-Skip-two-Mac-Res-1b-1.jpg 618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/>Woodland Skippers <em>Ochlodes sylvanoides <\/em>(Lep.: Hesperiidae)<br \/>\nAziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19994 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/E-Insect-wasp-Mac-Res-1b-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/E-Insect-wasp-Mac-Res-1b-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/E-Insect-wasp-Mac-Res-1b.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><em>Polistes dominula <\/em>(Hym.: Vespidae)\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19993 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/E-Insect-bee-Mac-Res-1b-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/E-Insect-bee-Mac-Res-1b-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/E-Insect-bee-Mac-Res-1b.jpg 651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><em>Bombus vancouverensis\u00a0 <\/em>(Hym.: Apidae) Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19995 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/F-Insect-caterpillar-Swan-Lk-1b-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/F-Insect-caterpillar-Swan-Lk-1b-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/F-Insect-caterpillar-Swan-Lk-1b.jpg 542w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/>Yellow Woolly Bear <em>Spilosoma virginica <\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae- Arctiinae) Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Tatum sends a picture of <strong><em>Tolype distincta<\/em> <\/strong>from his Saanich apartment today, and photographs of two <strong><em>Heliothis phloxiphaga <\/em><\/strong>caterpillars from Island View Beach.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20001 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4716-1-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4716-1-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4716-1-826x1024.jpg 826w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4716-1-768x952.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4716-1.jpg 968w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 513px) 100vw, 513px\" \/><em>Tolype distincta <\/em>(Lep.: Lasiocampidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19997 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4718-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4718-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4718-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4718-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4718.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><em>Heliothis phloxiphaga <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae) Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19998 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4719-300x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"426\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4719-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4719-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4719-768x520.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG_4719.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Heliothis phloxiphaga <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae) Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 August 27 Jeff Gaskin writes:\u00a0 Today, August 27, a single Mourning Cloak whizzed by me at 4447 Wilkinson Road near the entrance to Quick&#8217;s Bottom.\u00a0 Also, three Ringlets were at Rithet&#8217;s Bog this afternoon. Aziza Cooper and Jeremy Tatum saw a Ringlet at Island View Beach, August 27. There are still many Woodland Skippers [&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-19999","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\/19999","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=19999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20004,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19999\/revisions\/20004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}