{"id":20132,"date":"2023-09-06T08:37:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T15:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=20132"},"modified":"2023-09-07T18:53:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T01:53:43","slug":"2023-september-6-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=20132","title":{"rendered":"2023 September 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2023 September 6<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Ron Flower photographed a butterfly and a beetle at Outerbridge Park on September 4:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20129 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Painted-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Painted-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Painted-1024x734.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Painted-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Painted.jpg 1507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/>Painted Lady <em>Vanessa cardui <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ron Flower<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20125 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/June-beetle-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"521\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/June-beetle-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/June-beetle-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/June-beetle-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/June-beetle-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/June-beetle.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 521px) 100vw, 521px\" \/>June Beetle <em>Polyphylla crinita <\/em>(Col.: Scarabaeidae)\u00a0 Ron Flower<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Gaskin writes: On September 2, I went up Christmas Hill and between 4:45 p.m. and 5:05 p.m there was a very worn <strong>Red Admiral<\/strong> and an even more worn <strong>Painted Lady<\/strong> there.<\/p>\n<p>Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy saw a fresh-looking <strong>Painted Lady <\/strong>on the ramp to the water at McIntyre reservoir, September 5.\u00a0 She also saw a <strong>Common Green Darner<\/strong>, two <strong>Paddle-tailed Darners<\/strong>, a <strong>Cardinal Meadowhawk <\/strong>and a male <strong>Variegated Meadowhawk<\/strong>, shown below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20121 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2W1A5968-91-1-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2W1A5968-91-1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2W1A5968-91-1.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 423px) 100vw, 423px\" \/>Variegated Meadowhawk <em>Sympetrum corruptum<br \/>\n<\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae)<br \/>\nMarie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 The caterpillar shown below was found along the railway line north of Cowichan Station in June.\u00a0 The adult moth emerged from its pupa yesterday, September 5.\u00a0 The larval foodplant was <em>Geum macrophyllum<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20112 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Geum3-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Geum3-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Geum3-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Geum3-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Geum3.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><em>Xylena curvimacula <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20113 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_4731-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_4731-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_4731-736x1024.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_4731-768x1068.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_4731.jpg 817w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><em>Xylena curvimacula <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 September 6 \u00a0\u00a0 Ron Flower photographed a butterfly and a beetle at Outerbridge Park on September 4: Painted Lady Vanessa cardui (Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ron Flower June Beetle Polyphylla crinita (Col.: Scarabaeidae)\u00a0 Ron Flower Jeff Gaskin writes: On September 2, I went up Christmas Hill and between 4:45 p.m. and 5:05 p.m there was a 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