{"id":22668,"date":"2024-07-16T22:38:48","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T05:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=22668"},"modified":"2024-07-16T22:38:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T05:38:48","slug":"2024-july-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=22668","title":{"rendered":"2024 July 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2024 July 16<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>This harvestman was photographed by Ian Cooper a few days ago.\u00a0 Not certain of exact species.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22665 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harvest-1-300x246.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"572\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harvest-1-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harvest-1-1024x838.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harvest-1-768x628.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/harvest-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/>Harvestman (Opiliones)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Val George writes:\u00a0 These two moths were on the wall of my Oak Bay house yesterday morning, July 15:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22667 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Idaea-dimidiata-3-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"636\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Idaea-dimidiata-3-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Idaea-dimidiata-3-1024x721.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Idaea-dimidiata-3-768x541.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Idaea-dimidiata-3.jpg 1157w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><em>Idaea dimidiata\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0\u00a0 Val George<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22666 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Drepanulatrix-sp-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Drepanulatrix-sp-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Drepanulatrix-sp-1024x733.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Drepanulatrix-sp-768x550.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Drepanulatrix-sp.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><em>Drepanulatrix secundaria <\/em>\/<em> monicaria\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Val George<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Libby Avis sends a photograph of a moth that came to her moth light in Port Alberni on July 13.\u00a0 This is a new one for Invertebrate Alert, and Libby has seen it in Port Alberni only twice before, in 2011 and 2018.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22664 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Setagrotis-pallidicollis-Port-Alberni-Home_MG_0026ar-276x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Setagrotis-pallidicollis-Port-Alberni-Home_MG_0026ar-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Setagrotis-pallidicollis-Port-Alberni-Home_MG_0026ar-942x1024.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Setagrotis-pallidicollis-Port-Alberni-Home_MG_0026ar-768x835.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Setagrotis-pallidicollis-Port-Alberni-Home_MG_0026ar.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><em>Setagrotis pallidicollis\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.:\u00a0 Noctuidae)\u00a0 Libby Avis<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy was at Swan Lake at noon yesterday and found only\u00a0 4 <strong>Lorquin\u2019s Admirals, 1 Cabbage White, <\/strong>and<strong> 1 Western Tiger Swallowtail.<\/strong>\u00a0 A quick stop by Mount Tolmie at 3.40 pm revealed one <strong>Pale Tiger Swallowtail,<\/strong>\u00a0and one aggressive \u00a0<strong>Lorquin\u2019s \u00a0Admiral<\/strong> \u00a0that went after the Pale every time it tried to perch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22663 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2W1A2366-1-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2W1A2366-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2W1A2366-1.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 611px) 100vw, 611px\" \/>Pale Tiger Swallowtail\u00a0 <em>Pterourus eurymedon\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Papilionidae)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22662 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2W1A2361-2-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2W1A2361-2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2W1A2361-2.jpeg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/>Lorquin\u2019s Admiral\u00a0 <em>Limenitis lorquini\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae) Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 July 16 \u00a0\u00a0 This harvestman was photographed by Ian Cooper a few days ago.\u00a0 Not certain of exact species. Harvestman (Opiliones)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper &nbsp; Val George writes:\u00a0 These two moths were on the wall of my Oak Bay house yesterday morning, July 15: Idaea dimidiata\u00a0 (Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0\u00a0 Val George Drepanulatrix secundaria \/ monicaria\u00a0 (Lep.: [&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-22668","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\/22668","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=22668"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22671,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22668\/revisions\/22671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}