{"id":330,"date":"2015-09-20T03:23:17","date_gmt":"2015-09-20T10:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=330"},"modified":"2016-03-13T16:38:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:38:00","slug":"september-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=330","title":{"rendered":"September 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

2105 September 19<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    <\/span><\/strong>Rosemary Jorna writes:  Small spider on the kitchen floor – the photo is it leaving for the outside on the dust pan!<\/span><\/p>\n

    Robb Bennett kindly provides the following identification and information:  A Xysticus<\/em> crab spider (Family Thomisidae).  It is probably the introduced species Xysticus cristatus<\/strong><\/em> but I can’t be sure.  It was introduced not so long ago and for a while in the late 90s to early 2000s was the most common Xysticus <\/em>to be found around here.  Now it seems to have dropped off in numbers and is not so common anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Crab spider Xysticus <\/em>(probably cristatus<\/em>) (Ara.: Thomisidae)   Rosemary Jorna<\/span><\/p>\n

   Jeremy Tatum sends a photograph of a Large Yellow Underwing <\/strong>moth (also introduced!) from his Saanich apartment.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

   And Cheryl Hoyle caught one of the same species laying eggs in Metchosin:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)   Cheryl Hoyle
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   Nathan Fisk writes:  Well armoured black pupa. 2 distinct orange puffs on the small end. 8 segments on the cuticle. 1.5cm in length. Slightly shiny. ‎Very intriguing. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jeremy Tatum writes:   This is a fly puparium.  There will be an opportunity to photograph and identify it when the adult fly emerges.  Can’t tell when this might be, but could be any day (not unlikely) – or not until next year!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fly puparium (Diptera)  Nathan Fisk<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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