{"id":2693,"date":"2016-06-14T15:36:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-14T23:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=2693"},"modified":"2016-06-25T19:36:21","modified_gmt":"2016-06-26T02:36:21","slug":"june-14-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=2693","title":{"rendered":"June 14"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Gordon Hart writes:\u00a0 It\u2019s almost time for the next count ( June 18-26), so I have attached a summary of the May count. \u00a0There were about 12 observers and 40 reports for 13 species of butterfly. That is down from last month and May 2015 when 19 species were seen. \u00a0It was the end of the season for Spring Azures with 15 seen, compared to 151 last year. On the other hand, Ringlets or Large Heath were seen in large numbers in several places. Lorquin\u2019s Admiral were early this year, as none were seen in May 2015.<\/p>\n

Here is a table:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
13 species May 2016<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 May-2016<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0 May-2015<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Difference<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anise Swallowtail<\/td>\n<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Western Brown Elfin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cabbage White<\/td>\n147<\/td>\n164<\/td>\n-17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
California Tortoiseshell<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cedar Hairstreak<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Ringlet\u00a0(Large Heath)<\/td>\n178<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n158<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Green Comma<\/td>\n<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n-4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grey Hairstreak<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lorquin\u2019s Admiral<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moss\u2019s Elfin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mourning Cloak<\/td>\n<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Painted Lady<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n-9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pale Tiger Swallowtail<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n-18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Propertius Duskywing<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n-5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Purplish Copper<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Red Admiral<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n-1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sara Orangetip<\/td>\n<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n-10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Satyr Comma<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Silvery Blue<\/td>\n<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Western Spring Azure<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n151<\/td>\n-136<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Two-banded Grizzled (Checkered) Skipper<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
West Coast Lady<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n-2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Western Pine Elfin<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Western Tiger Swallowtail<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Milbert’s Tortoiseshell<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
totals<\/td>\n531<\/td>\n478<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 Here is the Satyr Comma <\/strong> caterpillar from Lochside Drive which I mentioned in the June 13 posting.<\/p>\n

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Satyr Comma Polygonia satyrus <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 And here is a small moth from the outside wall of my Saanich apartment building this morning.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Idaea dimidiata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/div>\n

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Annie Pang sends a photograph of a very trusting Lorquin\u2019s Admiral<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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

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Cheryl Hoyle sends a photograph of an Elder Moth<\/strong> seen on June 13.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Elder Moth Zotheca tranquilla <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae) Cheryl Hoyle<\/div>\n

Warning – Not for the squeamish!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Gordon Hart writes:\u00a0 The attached pictures are a little gruesome, so you don\u2019t have to post them. There was a White-footed Deer Mouse<\/strong> that had been killed by a neighbour\u2019s cat on our lawn. I walked by it some time later and saw it move. A few seconds later, a sexton beetle<\/strong> \u00a0probably Nicrophorus defodiens<\/em><\/strong> , laden with mites<\/strong>, emerged from under the remains. Apparently the mites are a beneficial parasite who hop off onto the dead mouse to eat eggs and young maggots of the flies that land there, leaving more food for the beetle. The mites could never get to the food source on their own. There is one picture of the beetle with flies and mites, one with a wasp and one close-up of the beetle and mites. Perhaps one picture is enough!\u00a0 I just could not decide which one I should send so I sent three – you can edit it to one or none.<\/p>\n

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Jeremy Tatum replies:\u00a0 Viewers have had their warning – so I\u2019m showing all three, of course! The green fly in the second photograph is a female greenbottle <\/strong>Lucilia <\/em><\/strong>sp.<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>I believe the wasp is Vespula <\/em><\/strong>– <\/strong> can anyone tell the species?\u00a0 Thanks to Heather Proctor for identifying the mites as Poecilochirus <\/strong><\/em>sp.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"\"Sexton beetle Nicrophorus defodiens <\/em>(Col.: Silphidae)<\/div>\n
with mites, Poecilochirus <\/em>sp. (Mesostigmata: Parasitidae)<\/div>\n
\u00a0 Gordon Hart<\/div>\n

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\"\"Sexton beetle Nicrophorus defodiens <\/em>(Col.: Silphidae)<\/div>\n
with mites,\u00a0 Poecilochirus <\/em>sp. (Mesostigmata: Parasitidae)<\/div>\n

Greenbottle Lucilia <\/em>sp.(Dip.: Calliphoridae)<\/p>\n

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\"\"Sexton beetle Nicrophorus defodiens <\/em>(Col.: Silphidae)<\/div>\n
with mites,\u00a0 Poecilochirus <\/em>sp. (Mesostigmata: Parasitidae)<\/div>\n

Wasp Vespula <\/em>sp.(Hym.: Vespidae)<\/p>\n

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2016 June 14 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Gordon Hart writes:\u00a0 It\u2019s almost time for the next count ( June 18-26), so I have attached a summary of the May count. \u00a0There were about 12 observers and 40 reports for 13 species of butterfly. That is down from last month and May 2015 when 19 species were seen. […]<\/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-2693","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\/2693","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=2693"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2764,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2693\/revisions\/2764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}