{"id":3756,"date":"2017-03-24T08:40:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T15:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=3756"},"modified":"2017-03-29T15:44:30","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T22:44:30","slug":"march-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=3756","title":{"rendered":"March 24"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2017 March 24<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 We are struggling with some identification problems at the moment.\u00a0 The moth below was photographed by Bryan Gates at Saratoga Beach on March 20.\u00a0\u00a0 It is either the American Tissue Moth Triphosa haesitata <\/em>or the Barberry Geometer Coryphista meadii<\/em> – a notoriously difficult pair.\u00a0 Libby Avis, Jeremy Gatten and I (Jeremy Tatum) are all leaning towards Triphosa haesitata<\/em><\/strong>, so that\u2019s how I\u2019ll label it.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Probably Triphosa haesitata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bryan Gates<\/p>\n

.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The second one is a micro moth photographed by Bill Katz at Goldstream Park on March 19.\u00a0 Jeremy Gatten suggests that the moth is Acleris maccana<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 Thank you, Jeremy, I think you are right.\u00a0 It seems to be a very variable species, but that line across the middle of the forewing seems to be characteristic.\u00a0 [Since confirmed by Eric LaGasa – both the identification and the diagnostic character of that line.]<\/p>\n

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Acleris maccana\u00a0<\/em>(Lep.: Tortricidae) \u00a0 Bill Katz<\/p>\n

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Jeremy Tatum continues:\u00a0 We have made some progress with Nathan\u2019s moth on the March 19 posting.\u00a0 Originally I had labelled it \u201cPossibly Hydriomena <\/em>sp.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 After closely examining some photographs sent to me by Libby Avis as well as a few other photographs on previous Invertebrate Alert postings, I have decided to label Nathan\u2019s moth Hydriomena nubilofasciata<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 –\u00a0 with no ifs, ans or buts!<\/p>\n

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I came across another beautiful caterpillar of a Large Yellow Underwing <\/strong>moth, Noctua pronuba<\/em><\/strong>, at UVic yesterday.\u00a0 I believe this caterpillar can be found in almost any month of the year.<\/p>\n

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Large Yellow Underwing Noctua pronuba <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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Nathan Fisk photographed the spider below at Fort Rodd Hill on March 22.\u00a0 No difficulty in identifying this one – all one has to do is to ask Robb Bennett, who tells us that it is a female of our local burrowing Antrodiaetus pacificus<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Thank you, Robb.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Antrodiaetus pacificus <\/em>(Ara.: Antrodiaetidae)\u00a0 Nathan Fisk<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Rosemary Jorna writes:\u00a0 Juan de Fuca Community Trails Society was clearing broom from Whiffin Spit today when I came across these caterpillars getting an early start on the season.\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum responds:\u00a0\u00a0 This is the Silver-spotted Tiger Moth.\u00a0 They have spent the winter as young caterpillars.\u00a0 The foodplant looks like Douglas Fir, which is usual.<\/p>\n

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Silver-spotted Tiger Moth Lophocampa argentata <\/em>(Erebidae – Arctiinae)<\/p>\n

\u00a0Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Silver-spotted Tiger Moth Lophocampa argentata <\/em>(Erebidae – Arctiinae)\u00a0Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 Rosemary continues:\u00a0 And when we got home this little moth was resting on the window screen.\u00a0 Jeremy responds:\u00a0 Another identification problem for us!\u00a0 It is a pug (<\/strong>Eupithecia <\/em><\/strong>sp.)<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>These pugs are difficult, and there are lots of them!\u00a0 My best guess is that this one might be Eupithecia annulata <\/em>– but I can’t be certain.<\/p>\n

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Pug Eupithecia <\/em>sp. (possibly annulata<\/em>) (Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n

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2017 March 24 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 We are struggling with some identification problems at the moment.\u00a0 The moth below was photographed by Bryan Gates at Saratoga Beach on March 20.\u00a0\u00a0 It is either the American Tissue Moth Triphosa haesitata or the Barberry Geometer Coryphista meadii – a notoriously difficult pair.\u00a0 Libby Avis, Jeremy […]<\/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-3756","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\/3756","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=3756"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3780,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3756\/revisions\/3780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}