{"id":23883,"date":"2024-10-23T11:41:14","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T18:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=23883"},"modified":"2024-10-23T11:41:14","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T18:41:14","slug":"2024-october-23-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=23883","title":{"rendered":"2024 October 23 morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2024 October 23 morning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TODAY!!!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The View Royal Garden Club will delve into the world of spiders this week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Robb Bennett, a research associate at the Royal BC Museum, will speak about spiders at the club&#8217;s\u00a0general meeting Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Wheeley Hall.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bennett has a doctorate in biology with a special interest in spiders. His presentation will be on spider diversity research and also on some of the species of B.C.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The meeting will also include a judged mini-show featuring\u00a0exhibits from members\u2019 gardens. \u00a0Everyone is welcome, there is a $5\u00a0drop-in\u00a0fee for non-members. \u00a0Further information is available at viewroyalgardenclub.ca. The hall is located\u00a0behind Esquimalt United Church, 500 Admirals Rd., entrance off Lyall Street.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Val George sends this photograph of <strong><em>Xanthorhoe defensaria<\/em><\/strong>, the wall of his Oak Bay house this morning, October 22.\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 This looks like an unsual variety to me, but apparently it is well within the range of variability of this species.\u00a0 Compare with a more typical specimen shown in Val\u2019s September 17 morning photograph.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-23881 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Xanthorhoe-defensaria-10-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"671\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Xanthorhoe-defensaria-10-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Xanthorhoe-defensaria-10-1024x709.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Xanthorhoe-defensaria-10-768x532.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Xanthorhoe-defensaria-10.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><em>Xanthorhoe defensaria <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0\u00a0 Val George<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are still a few <strong>Cabbage Whites<\/strong> flying around.\u00a0 Five were reported from various localities by Jeff Gaskin, Kirsten Mills and Aziza Cooper yesterday, October 22.\u00a0 Aziza even managed a photograph:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-23879 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/H-Bfly-Cab-white-1b-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/H-Bfly-Cab-white-1b-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/H-Bfly-Cab-white-1b.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/>Cabbage White <em>Pieris rapae\u00a0 <\/em>(Lep.: Pieridae)\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Aziza also photographed a male European Crane Fly:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-23880 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/H-Insect-Martindale-1b-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"643\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/H-Insect-Martindale-1b-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/H-Insect-Martindale-1b.jpg 521w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/>Crane Fly <em>Tipula paludosa\u00a0 <\/em>(Dip.: Tipulidae<em>)\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2024 October 23 morning TODAY!!!!! The View Royal Garden Club will delve into the world of spiders this week Robb Bennett, a research associate at the Royal BC Museum, will speak about spiders at the club&#8217;s\u00a0general meeting Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Wheeley Hall. 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