{"id":22971,"date":"2024-08-01T18:58:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T01:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=22971"},"modified":"2024-08-01T18:58:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T01:58:29","slug":"2024-august-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=22971","title":{"rendered":"2024 August 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

2024 August 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

There was no Invert Alert on July 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Hello, Butterfly Watchers,<\/p>\n

This is a reminder for the VNHS Butterfly Walk<\/strong> on Sunday, August 4. 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

You can review Vancouver Island butterflies at Val George\u2019s website : https:\/\/vancouverislandbutterflies.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

I will be away this weekend, so Jeremy Tatum will be your leader for the walk.<\/p>\n

Gordon Hart<\/p>\n

Victoria Natural History Society<\/p>\n

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Aziza Cooper writes:\u00a0 On July 30, this moth was on the beach at Englishman River estuary near Parksville.\u00a0\u00a0 Libby Avis writes:\u00a0 It\u2019s Loxostege cereralis<\/em><\/strong>. We see it quite often around here [Port Alberni] and the largest number I\u2019ve seen at one time has been on the Englishman Estuary.<\/p>\n

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\"\"\u00a0\u00a0 Loxostege cereralis\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Crambidae)\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n

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Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 The caterpillar shown on July 29 evening produced this chrysalis [Greek Chrysos <\/em>= gold] last night.\u00a0 It will produce a beautiful Red Admiral<\/strong> butterfly in two or three weeks.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter how often I see this, I still marvel at the wonder of it.<\/p>\n

\"\"Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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Jeremy continues:\u00a0 I saw my first Woodland Skipper<\/strong> of the year today (August 1), on Lavender along Carey Road.\u00a0 This is usually one of our most abundant butterflies, yet we have had few reports of them so far this year.\u00a0 I saw another on the top of Mount Tolmie at 6:00 pm \u2013 the only butterfly there.<\/p>\n

Skippers have traditionally been included among the butterflies, yet there are some who would.\u00a0 distinguish between \u201cskippers\u201d and \u201ctrue butterflies\u201d.\u00a0 The \u201ctrue\u201d butterflies were in the Superfamily Papilionidae, and the skippers in the Superfamily Hesperioidea. However, the 2023 Pohl and Nanz Annotated Taxonomic Checklist<\/em>, which we are endeavouring to follow on this site, has no Hesperioidea, and it includes the skippers in the Papilionidae.\u00a0 Hence you may refer to skippers as butterflies with a totally clear conscience.<\/p>\n

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Ian Cooper writes:\u00a0 Here is a selection of pictures taken around dawn and early morning on July 31 2024\u00a0at *Colquitz River Park and the #Galloping Goose Trail in View Royal near the 9 km marker.<\/p>\n

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\"\"# Prophysaon<\/em>\u00a0(probably foliolatum<\/em>) (Pul.: Arionidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

\"\" # Banana slug – Ariolimax columbianus<\/em>\u00a0(Pul.: Arionidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

\"\"# Female Running crab spider – Philodromus dispar<\/em>\u00a0(Ara.: Philodromidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

\"\"# Unidentified linyphiid<\/em>\u00a0spider (Ara.: Linyphiidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

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\"\"* Cybaeus signifer<\/em>\u00a0(Ara.: Cybaeidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

\"\"* Common striped woodlouse – Philoscia muscorum<\/em>\u00a0(Isopoda: Oniscidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

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