{"id":20500,"date":"2023-11-14T18:35:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T02:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=20500"},"modified":"2023-11-15T09:48:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T17:48:34","slug":"2023-november-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=20500","title":{"rendered":"2023 November 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2023 November 14<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Jochen M\u00f6hr sends pictures from Metchosin of the moth known as <strong><em>Erannis vancouverensis.\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 This species looks so like the European <em>E. defoliaria<\/em> that I have long suspected that they are one and the same species.\u00a0\u00a0 These are males; the females, like the Winter Moth, have no functional wings.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20497 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/N.-californiaria-P1020032-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/N.-californiaria-P1020032-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/N.-californiaria-P1020032-1024x749.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/N.-californiaria-P1020032-768x562.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/N.-californiaria-P1020032.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><em>Erannis vancouverensis<\/em>\/<em>defoliaria\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20498 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Neoalcis-californiaria-P1020028-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Neoalcis-californiaria-P1020028-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Neoalcis-californiaria-P1020028-1024x835.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Neoalcis-californiaria-P1020028-768x627.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Neoalcis-californiaria-P1020028.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Erannis vancouverensis<\/em>\/<em>defoliaria\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20506 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Erannis-defoliaria.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"290\" \/><em>Erannis defoliaria <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Butterfly Conservation UK<\/p>\n<p>Winter Moths <em>Operophtera <\/em>sp. are now approaching the peak of their season.\u00a0 Most are the European Winter Moth <em>O. brumata<\/em>, but in some places, in particular Goldstream Park, the native <em>O. occidentalis<\/em> is to be found.\u00a0 Val George went to Goldstream today and photographed two winter moths (below).\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes that he believes both are <em>O. brumata<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20496 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Operophtera-sp.-2-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Operophtera-sp.-2-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Operophtera-sp.-2-768x583.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Operophtera-sp.-2.jpg 893w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/><em>Operophtera brumata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Val George<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-20495 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Operophtera-sp-1-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"314\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Operophtera-sp-1-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Operophtera-sp-1-1024x671.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Operophtera-sp-1-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Operophtera-sp-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><em>Operophtera brumata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Val George<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 November 14 \u00a0\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr sends pictures from Metchosin of the moth known as Erannis vancouverensis.\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 This species looks so like the European E. defoliaria that I have long suspected that they are one and the same species.\u00a0\u00a0 These are males; the females, like the Winter Moth, have no functional wings. 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