{"id":22378,"date":"2024-07-05T09:11:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T16:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=22378"},"modified":"2024-07-05T09:11:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T16:11:07","slug":"2024-july-5-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=22378","title":{"rendered":"2024 July 5 morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2024 July 5 morning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Butterfly Walk, Sunday July 7<br \/>\nMessage from Gordon Hart<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a reminder for the Nature Victoria (VNHS) Butterfly Walk on Sunday, July 7.<\/p>\n<p>We will meet at the Mount Tolmie summit by the reservoir, at 1.00 p.m. You can park in the parking lot there, or in the large lot north of the summit. After a look around the summit, we will decide on a destination from there.<\/p>\n<p>I think we can be fairly certain of sunny weather, so come prepared for the heat, with water to keep hydrated, sunscreen, and suitable clothing.<\/p>\n<p>You can review Vancouver Island butterflies at Val George\u2019s website : <a href=\"https:\/\/vancouverislandbutterflies.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/vancouverislandbutterflies.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1720280498722000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3VjNvIiEM2PtXvFmD5kznR\">https:\/\/vancouverislandbutterflies.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See you on Sunday,<\/p>\n<p>Gordon Hart<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The moth below was reared from caterpillar by Charlene Wood\u2019s six-year-old son Nico.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22376 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Yponomeuta-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Yponomeuta-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Yponomeuta-1024x711.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Yponomeuta-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Yponomeuta.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/>Apple Ermine Moth <em>Yponomeuta malinellus<\/em>(Lep.: Yponomeutidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Charlene Wood<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Charlene Wood for identifying the creature below, photographed by Ian Cooper along the Galloping Goose Trail, June 30 2024<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22377 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Polyxenus-300x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"616\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Polyxenus-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Polyxenus-1024x912.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Polyxenus-768x684.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Polyxenus.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><br \/>\nBristly Millepede <em>Polyxenes <\/em>sp. (Diplopoda \u2013 Polyxenida:\u00a0 Polyxenidae)<br \/>\nIan Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Aziza Cooper draws attention to a sighting of a <strong>Grey Hairstreak<\/strong> by Rebecca Reader-Lee, July 4, near Ross-Durrance Road west of Pease Lake.\u00a0 Rebecca\u2019s excellent photograph can be seen at<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.inaturalist.org\/observations\/227183757<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 July 5 morning Butterfly Walk, Sunday July 7 Message from Gordon Hart This is a reminder for the Nature Victoria (VNHS) Butterfly Walk on Sunday, July 7. We will meet at the Mount Tolmie summit by the reservoir, at 1.00 p.m. You can park in the parking lot there, or in the large lot [&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-22378","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\/22378","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=22378"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22380,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22378\/revisions\/22380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}