{"id":23030,"date":"2024-08-03T21:10:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T04:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=23030"},"modified":"2024-08-03T21:10:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-04T04:10:57","slug":"2024-august-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=23030","title":{"rendered":"2024 August 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

2024 August 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hello,<\/p>\n

This a reminder for the VNHS Butterfly Walk 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. Butterfly Watchers,<\/p>\n

Gordon Hart
\nVictoria Natural History Society<\/p>\n

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\n<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Aziza Cooper photographed a damselfly at Blenkinsop Lake on August 2.\u00a0 It has not been long since it emerged into its adult form, and has not yet reached its full colour.\u00a0 Consequently, it is difficult to identify with absolute certainty.\u00a0 Nevertheless, Dr Rob Cannings feels 90 percent sure that it is Enallagma carunculatum.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Probably Enallagma carunculatum <\/em>(Odo.: Coenagrionidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n

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Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy visited the Nanaimo River area on August 2, when she saw:<\/p>\n

3 Cabbage White Butterfly
\n3 Common Woodnymph
\n2 Skipper\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>[Most likely a Woodland Skipper]
\n1 Mylitta \u00a0Crescent
\n2 Western Tiger Swallowtail
\n1 Sulphur <\/strong>sp.<\/p>\n

\"\"Male Mylitta Crescent\u00a0 Phyciodes mylitta\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae) Marie O.Shaughnessy<\/p>\n

\"\"Male Mylitta Crescent\u00a0 Phyciodes mylitta\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae) Marie O.Shaughnessy<\/p>\n

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Here are more pictures by Ian Cooper from along the ^E&N and #Galloping Goose Trails, August 2.<\/p>\n

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

\"\"# Folding-door spider – Antrodiaetus pacificus<\/em>\u00a0(Ara. \u2013 Myg.:\u00a0 Antrodiaetidae)\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

\"\"# Obscure Root Weevil – Sciopithes obscurus<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0(Col.: Curculionidae) \u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

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\"\"^ Asian Lady Beetles – Harmonia axyridis<\/em>\u00a0(Col.: Coccinellidae) Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

\"\"# Psyllobora borealis<\/em>\u00a0(Col.: Coccinellidae) \u00a0Ian Cooper<\/p>\n

\"\"^ Bald-faced Hornet \u00a0Dolichovespula maculata<\/em> (Hym.: Vespidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Ian Cooper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2024 August 3 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Hello, This a reminder for the VNHS Butterfly Walk 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 […]<\/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-23030","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\/23030","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=23030"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23033,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23030\/revisions\/23033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}