{"id":2495,"date":"2016-05-23T10:10:03","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T18:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=2495"},"modified":"2016-10-24T08:59:21","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T15:59:21","slug":"may-23-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=2495","title":{"rendered":"May 23"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2016 May 23<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 Sorry I didn\u2019t manage an Invert Alert yesterday – I was curled up comfortably in bed all day.\u00a0 Nice to do once in a while.\u00a0 Although it\u2019s morning now, this will probably be the only Invert Alert I\u2019ll post today, but keep the observations and photos coming in.\u00a0 I think I have caught up as of Monday morning, but, if you think that I may have missed any of your photographs, please don\u2019t hesitate to let me know.<\/p>\n

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Rosemary Jorna took a photograph of a syrphid fly at Whiffin Spit on May 18.\u00a0 We thank Jeff Skevington who tells us that, although it cannot be identified for certain at species level from the photograph, it is female of the genus Syrphus<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"Syrphus <\/em>sp. (Dip.: Syrphidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Rosemary Jorna<\/div>\n

Nick Doe sends a photograph of a Mesoleuca gratulata<\/em><\/strong> from Gabriola Island, May 22, which I think is a slightly late date for this species.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Mesoleuca gratulata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Nick Doe<\/div>\n

Jeremy Tatum sends another photograph of a Large Yellow Underwing<\/strong>.\u00a0 You can compare this one with the one posted on May 19 to see just how variable this European species is.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae) Jeremy Tatum<\/div>\n

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Annie Pang reports her first sightings for the year – and very early ones at that – of Lorquin\u2019s Admiral <\/strong>at Gorge Park. May 20.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Lorquin\u2019s Admiral Limenitis lorquini <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Annie Pang<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Lorquin\u2019s Admiral Limenitis lorquini <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Annie Pang\"\"<\/p>\n

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Lorquin\u2019s Admiral Limenitis lorquini <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Annie Pang<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 And Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy found one on Mount Tomie on May 22.\u00a0 Seems that Lorquin\u2019s Admirals <\/strong>are back in season – a little early.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Lorquin\u2019s Admiral Limenitis lorquini <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

On May 7, Gordon Hart found a strange-looking beetle.\u00a0 Thanks to Scott Gilmore for identifying it as Neoclytus conjunctus<\/em><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Neoclytus conjunctus <\/em>(Col.: Cerambycidae)\u00a0 Gordon Hart<\/p>\n

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Scott Gilmore sends pics of three nice beetles form Upper Lantzville, May 21.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Cardiophorus <\/em>sp. (Col.: Elateridae) Scott Gilmore<\/div>\n

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\"\"Buprestis aurulenta <\/em>(Col.: Buprestidae) Scott Gilmore<\/div>\n

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Three-banded Lady Beetle Coccinella trifasciata <\/em>(Col.: Coccinellidae)<\/p>\n

Scott Gilmore<\/p>\n

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Rosemary Jorna sends a photograph of a Cinnabar Moth<\/strong>, seen on Gillespie Road, May 21.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Cinnabar Moth Tyria jacobaeae <\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae) Rosemary Jorna<\/div>\n

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Devon Parker sends reports of some butterflies seen on May 21 and 22:<\/p>\n

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May 21<\/p>\n

Hill with Radio Tower east of Mallard Lake, Tofino<\/span><\/p>\n

1 Anise Swallowtail<\/strong><\/p>\n

3 Western Pale Swallowtail<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Western Pine Elfin<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Western Brown Elfin<\/strong> ovipositing on Kinickinnick<\/p>\n

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May 22<\/p>\n

Clearcut North of <\/span>Spectacle<\/span> Lake<\/span>, Malahat<\/span><\/p>\n

1 Common Ringlet <\/strong>(aka Large Heath <\/strong>Coenonympha tullia<\/em><\/strong>)<\/p>\n

2 Mylitta Crescent<\/strong><\/p>\n

3 Persius Duskywing<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Western Pale Swallowtail<\/strong> ovipositing on Alder and Oceanspray<\/p>\n

2 Western Brown Elfin<\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Two-Banded Grizzled Skipper<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Cedar Hairstreak<\/strong><\/p>\n

15+ Boisduval’s Blue<\/strong> (blackmorei <\/em><\/strong>subspecies)<\/p>\n

10+ Western Spring Azure<\/strong><\/p>\n

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2016 May 23 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 Sorry I didn\u2019t manage an Invert Alert yesterday – I was curled up comfortably in bed all day.\u00a0 Nice to do once in a while.\u00a0 Although it\u2019s morning now, this will probably be the only Invert Alert I\u2019ll post today, but keep the observations and photos coming […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2495","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\/2495","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2495"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3392,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495\/revisions\/3392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}