{"id":363,"date":"2015-10-03T00:54:40","date_gmt":"2015-10-03T07:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=363"},"modified":"2016-03-13T16:38:00","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:38:00","slug":"october-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=363","title":{"rendered":"October 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

2015 October 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

October Monthly Butterfly Walk<\/strong>: Scroll down to October 1 posting for details.<\/p>\n

Jeff Gaskin writes: Yesterday, October 1, there was a single Red Admiral<\/strong> in crisp condition sunnying itself on the summit of Christmas Hill, around 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Tatum writes: Now that October is here, most of the woolly bears that we are seeing are Banded Woolly Bears<\/strong> (Isabella Moth Pyrrharctia isabella<\/em>)<\/strong>, but today at Rithet’s Bog I still saw a late woolly bear caterpillar of the Spotted Tiger Moth Lophocampa maculata<\/em><\/strong>. The caterpillars of the former are difficult to rear; those of the latter are much easier. Are all furry caterpillars entitled to be called “woolly bears”? I would say no – they must belong to the erebid subfamily Arctiinae. Greek arktos = bear. And how many l’s in woolly? I use two, but I believe that our friends to the south use just one.<\/p>\n

Annie Pang sends pictures of a Large Yellow Underwing<\/strong> from her house, September 30.<\/p>\n

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Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba<\/em> (Lep.: Noctuidae) Annie Pang<\/p>\n

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Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba<\/em> (Lep.: Noctuidae) Annie Pang<\/p>\n

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Aziza Cooper sends a photograph of a caddisfly on the wooden walkway near the Goldstream Nature House, September 30. Eric LaGasa suggests that this caddisfly looks like a good fit for Limnephilis <\/em>sp<\/strong>. Aziza also writes: The Tuesday birding group went to Panama Flats and found many Banded Woolly Bear<\/strong> caterpillars, and 3 Cabbage Whites<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Caddisfly. Perhaps Limnephilus <\/em>sp.  (Tri.: Limnephilidae) Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n

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Val George asks: What’s this one? It was in my bathroom in Oak Bay yesterday, Oct 1. Jeremy Tatum responds: Oh, dear. It looks as though it has been trying to get out of your bathroom for some time. It is badly battered and has lost many of the scales and hence wing-pattern. I am not sure that I’ll be able to identify it!<\/p>\n

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Noctuid moth (Lep.: Noctuidae) Val George.<\/p>\n

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