{"id":23867,"date":"2024-10-19T20:49:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T03:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=23867"},"modified":"2024-10-19T20:49:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-20T03:49:49","slug":"2024-october-19-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=23867","title":{"rendered":"2024 October 19 evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2024 October 19 evening<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>A week or two ago, Ian Cooper found a tiny (second instar?) noctuid caterpillar and Jeremy Tatum found an equally tiny geometrid caterpillar.\u00a0 As they gradually grow larger (now mid-grown), writes Jeremy Tatum, I am beginning to guess what they are.\u00a0 By now, I am fairly sure of both \u2013 as labelled below \u2013 though we will probably have to wait until the adult moths emerge next year until we are certain.\u00a0 I have been offering them a variety of foodplants, but have never been sure what they have actually been eating.\u00a0 Only today did I discover that the noctuid seems to prefer <em>Rumex crispus<\/em> to other offerings \u2013 which bolsters my guess that it is <strong><em>Noctua comes<\/em><\/strong><em>.<\/em>\u00a0 The geometrid was found feeding on the flowers of <em>Polygonum aviculare <\/em>\u2013 a most unlikely foodplant for what I nevertheless think the caterpillar is \u2013 <strong><em>Neoalcis californiaria<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-23865 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_4959-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"686\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_4959-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_4959-1024x523.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_4959-768x392.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_4959.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/strong>Lesser Yellow Underwing\u00a0 <em>Noctua comes\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae) Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-23864 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_4956-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"686\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_4956-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_4956-1024x522.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_4956-768x392.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_4956.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/>Lesser Yellow Underwing\u00a0 <em>Noctua comes\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae) Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-23866 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_4961-300x143.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"686\" height=\"327\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_4961-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_4961-1024x489.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_4961-768x367.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_4961.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><em>Neoalcis californiaria\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 October 19 evening \u00a0 A week or two ago, Ian Cooper found a tiny (second instar?) noctuid caterpillar and Jeremy Tatum found an equally tiny geometrid caterpillar.\u00a0 As they gradually grow larger (now mid-grown), writes Jeremy Tatum, I am beginning to guess what they are.\u00a0 By now, I am fairly sure of both \u2013 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