{"id":384,"date":"2015-08-14T23:24:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-15T06:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=384"},"modified":"2016-03-13T16:38:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:38:02","slug":"august-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=384","title":{"rendered":"August 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html> <head> <meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=iso-8859-1\"> <\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" style=\"display:none\"><!--P{margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} --><\/style>\n<p> <\/head> <body dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <\/p>\n<p><strong>2015 August 14<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong><strong>Reminder<\/strong>:&nbsp; Monthly Butterfly Count period starts tomorrow. See yesterday&#8217;s posting for details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Jochen Moehr writes from his Metchosin farm:&nbsp; Yesterday I caught a picture of a <strong>Grey Hairstreak. <\/strong>We have just sown a crop of Crimson Clover <em> Trifolium incarnatum<\/em>, with some mature plants still available from the previous application.&nbsp; This little butterfly was very interested in them and stayed around for hours.&nbsp;Perhaps our beans are also attractive to him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"1061\" originalwidth=\"1204\" name=\"\" title=\"Grey H1.jpg\" height=\"525.2126245847177\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55ce78adcba6c.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\">Grey Hairstreak <em>Strymon melinus <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)&nbsp;&nbsp; Jochen Moehr<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"894\" originalwidth=\"1043\" name=\"\" title=\"Grey H2.jpg\" height=\"510.85714285714283\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55ce78adcc217.jpeg\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\">Grey Hairstreak <em>Strymon melinus <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)&nbsp;&nbsp; Jochen Moehr<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"1242\" originalwidth=\"1187\" name=\"\" title=\"Grey H3.jpg\" height=\"623.6158382476832\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55ce78adcc6da.jpeg\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image006.jpg\">Grey Hairstreak <em>Strymon melinus <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)&nbsp;&nbsp; Jochen Moehr<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Rosemary Jorna sends a picture of a little beetle, identified for us by Scott Gilmore as a <\/p>\n<p><strong>Twenty-spotted Ladybeetle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"855\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"beetle 3mm.jpg\" height=\"424.65\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55ce78adccecc.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image008.jpg\">Twenty-spotted Ladybeetle <em>Psyllobora vigintimaculata <\/em>(Col.: Coccinellidae) <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Gordon Hart writes from Highlands District, August 13:&nbsp; Today we still had a faded <strong>Lorquin&#8217;s Admiral<\/strong>, the <strong>Grey Hairstreak<\/strong> again, and one or two <strong>Cedar Hairstreaks<\/strong>. One seemed quite fresh and one seemed faded, so I think there were two.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum writes:&nbsp; Mount Tolmie, 5:00 p.m. August 13.&nbsp; One or perhaps up to three<\/p>\n<p><strong>Painted Ladies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Rosemary Jorna sends photographs of two flies.&nbsp; The first, identified by Jeff Skevington, is a <strong>syrphid<\/strong>, and the second, identified by Monty Wood, is a <strong> tachinid<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"874\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"Cheilosia.jpg\" height=\"434.08666666666664\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55ce78adcd0f4.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image010.jpg\"><em>Cheilosia <\/em>sp. (Dip.: Syrphidae)&nbsp; Rosemary Jorna<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" hasheight=\"true\" setwidth=\"519\" setheight=\"415\" style=\"width: 519px; height: 415px;\" originalheight=\"959\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"Graphogaster.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55ce78adcd62f.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image012.jpg\"><em>Graphogaster <\/em>sp. (Dip.: Tachinidae)&nbsp; Rosemary Jorna<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Aziza Cooper writes:&nbsp; On Thursday, August 13, I found one <strong>Purplish Copper<\/strong> next to the pump house on the east side of Martindale valley. One photo shows a purple sheen on the forewing. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"879\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"F Purplish Copper d 2a.JPG\" height=\"436.57\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55ce78adcde7d.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image014.jpg\">Male Purplish Copper <em>Lycaena helloides <\/em>(Lep.:&nbsp; Lycaenidae)&nbsp; Aziza Cooper<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"878\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"F Purplish Copper v 1a.JPG\" height=\"436.0733333333333\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55ce78adce630.jpeg\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image016.jpg\">Purplish Copper <em>Lycaena helloides <\/em>(Lep.:&nbsp; Lycaenidae)&nbsp; Aziza Cooper<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Devon Parker writes:&nbsp; August 13 was a great day for butterflies on the San Juan Ridge.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>18 Hydaspe Fritillaries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1 Green Comma<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1 Painted Lady<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3 Lorquin&#8217;s Admirals<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1 Sylvan Hairstreak<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1 Mylitta Crescent<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The<strong> Sylvan Hairstreak <\/strong>appears to be the same specimen as last time (see August 3 posting).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"1084\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"Red Admiral.JPG\" height=\"538.3866666666667\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55ce78adcec84.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image018.jpg\">Red Admiral <em>Vanessa atalanta <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)&nbsp; Devon Parker<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image020.jpg\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"929\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"hydaspe.JPG\" height=\"461.4033333333333\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55ce78adcf485.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Hydaspe Fritillary <em>Speyeria hydaspe <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae) &nbsp; Devon Parker <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"910\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"both.JPG\" height=\"451.96666666666664\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55ce78adcf97e.jpeg\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image022.jpg\">Both!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Devon Parker<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Gordon Hart sends a picture of an <strong>ichneumonid wasp <\/strong>from his Highlands garden.&nbsp; If anyone can help with the identification, do let us know!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"682\" originalwidth=\"1024\" name=\"\" title=\"Ichneumon Wasp sp..jpg\" height=\"396.9453125\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55ce78adcffd0.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image024.jpg\">Ichneumonid wasp (Hym.:&nbsp; Ichneumonidae)&nbsp; Gordon Hart<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/body> <\/html> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 August 14 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Reminder:&nbsp; Monthly Butterfly Count period starts tomorrow. See yesterday&#8217;s posting for details. &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Jochen Moehr writes from his Metchosin farm:&nbsp; Yesterday I caught a picture of a Grey Hairstreak. 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