{"id":20207,"date":"2023-09-15T19:11:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T02:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=20207"},"modified":"2023-09-16T08:41:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T15:41:15","slug":"2023-february-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=20207","title":{"rendered":"2023 September 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

2023 September 15<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hello, Butterfly Watchers,<\/p>\n

The September count period starts Saturday September 16 until Sunday September 24. This is an informal census of butterfly numbers and species in Greater Victoria. The area is defined by the Christmas Bird Count circle, extending from Victoria to Brentwood Bay and Island View Road in Central Saanich, and west to Happy Valley and Triangle Mountain, and Langford Lake and Goldstream areas.<\/p>\n

You can submit a count any time over the count period, just use a separate form for each count and location. In the case of repeat or duplicate counts, I will use the higher numbers. To submit counts, please use the form from the VNHS website at https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=33<\/a><\/p>\n

If you have difficulty with the form, just send me an email with the information.<\/p>\n

Thank-you for submitting your sightings and good luck with your count.<\/p>\n

Gordon
\nGordon Hart
\nButterfly Count Coordinator,
\nVictoria Natural History Society<\/p>\n

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As if to reinforce Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy\u2019s comment (September 13) that this has been a good season for Variegated Meadowhawk, <\/strong>Aziza Cooper saw and photographed one at Beachey Head on September 14.\u00a0 Also there, she writes, was a Pine White<\/strong>, and two more Pine Whites <\/strong>at Aylard Farm.<\/p>\n

\"\"Variegated Meadowhawk\u00a0 Sympetrum corruptum\u00a0 <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae)\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n

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Marie has been photographing some small creatures at Outerbridge Park in the last few days:<\/p>\n

\"\"Banasa dimiata <\/em>(Hem.: Pentatomidae)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n

We thank Dr Philip Bragg for the identification of the harvestman:<\/p>\n

\"\"Male Phalangium opilio <\/em>(Opiliones:\u00a0 Phalangiidae)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"\"Blue-green Sharpshooter Hordnia atropunctata <\/em>(Hem.: Cicadellidae)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n

\"\"Udea profundalis <\/em>(Lep.: Crambidae)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n

\u00a0 We have not yet, unfortunately, been able to identify the following two creatures.\u00a0 If anyone can help with the identifications, please do get in touch with us. The first is probably a pentatomid bug, but is an immature nymph, which makes identification difficult.<\/p>\n

\"\"Pentatomid nymph (Hem.: Pentatomidae)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n

Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 I really have little idea what the fly below is, except that it might just possibly be of the Family Xylophagidae (genus possibly Dialysis<\/em>?), but that is by no means certain.<\/p>\n

\"\"Unidentified fly (Diptera)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n

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