{"id":20158,"date":"2023-09-08T18:37:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T01:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=20158"},"modified":"2023-09-09T09:39:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T16:39:23","slug":"2023-september-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=20158","title":{"rendered":"2023 September 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2023 September 8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Jeremy Tatum writes<strong>:\u00a0 <\/strong>The moth shown below ecloded from its pupa today.\u00a0 The caterpillar, which fed on <em>Rumex obtusifolius<\/em>, was shown on August 20, and the pupa on August 31.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20154 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Dysstroma-citrata-ad-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Dysstroma-citrata-ad-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Dysstroma-citrata-ad-1024x721.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Dysstroma-citrata-ad-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Dysstroma-citrata-ad.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/>Dark Marbled Carpet <em>Dysstroma citrata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)<br \/>\nJeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy writes that at 10:30 this morning, she saw a male and a female <strong>Blue Dasher<\/strong>, a <strong>Blue-eyed Darner<\/strong> and two <strong>Paddle-tailed Darners<\/strong> at Swan Lake.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20152 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/unnamed-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"544\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/unnamed-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/unnamed-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/unnamed-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/unnamed.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/>Blue-eyed Darner <em>Rhionaeschna multicolor<br \/>\n<\/em>(Odo.: Aeshnidae)<br \/>\nMarie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p>Also at Swan Lake, Marie photographed an Orb-weaver Spider and a Stink Bug:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20157 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/spider-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"548\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/spider-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/spider.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><em>Araneus diadematus\u00a0 <\/em>(Ara.: Aranaeidae)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20153 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/bug-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/bug-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/bug.jpg 526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><em>Banasa dimiata <\/em>(Hem.: Pentatomidae) Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten Mills writes:\u00a0 Jeff Gaskin and I went today, September 8, to McIntyre Reservoir. We saw a <strong>Variegated Meadowhawk<\/strong> and a lady. Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 I had a little difficulty at first in being sure which species of lady it is, but, but after a close look I agree with the unanimous identification by Jeremy Gatten, Gordon Hart and David Harris that it is a somewhat worn <strong>West Coast Lady.<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20156 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PSX_20230908_150516-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PSX_20230908_150516-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PSX_20230908_150516-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/PSX_20230908_150516.jpg 861w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 462px) 100vw, 462px\" \/><\/strong>Variegated Meadowhawk <em>Sympetrum corruptum <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae)\u00a0 Kirsten Mills<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20155 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Lady-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"532\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Lady-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Lady.jpg 618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/>West Coast Lady <em>Vanessa annabella\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Kirsten Mills<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 September 8 \u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 The moth shown below ecloded from its pupa today.\u00a0 The caterpillar, which fed on Rumex obtusifolius, was shown on August 20, and the pupa on August 31. Dark Marbled Carpet Dysstroma citrata (Lep.: Geometridae) Jeremy Tatum &nbsp; Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy writes that at 10:30 this morning, she saw a [&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-20158","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\/20158","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=20158"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20162,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20158\/revisions\/20162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}