{"id":439,"date":"2015-08-29T04:38:23","date_gmt":"2015-08-29T11:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=439"},"modified":"2016-03-13T16:38:01","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:38:01","slug":"august-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=439","title":{"rendered":"August 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2015 August 28<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Aziza Cooper writes:&nbsp; Yesterday, August 27, one male <strong> Purplish Copper<\/strong> was in the flowers next to the pump house on the east side of Martindale. About 20 <strong>Cabbage Whites<\/strong> were also in the area.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; Annie Pang sends a photograph of a bee, which reminds us that we very much need someone to help us with identification of Hymenoptera.&nbsp; Please do let us know if you can help.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55e1374a5b559.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"488.90625\" title=\"BEE PANG.jpg\" name=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55e1374a5b559.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55e1374a5b559-300x246.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" \/>Bee (Hym.: Apidae)&nbsp; Annie Pang<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Rosemary Jorna photographed a <strong>ground beetle<\/strong> at Kemp Lake Road on August 27.&nbsp; Thanks to Scott Gilmore for identifying it as probably <strong><em>Amara <\/em><\/strong><strong>sp.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55e1374a5b80c.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"447\" title=\"carabid Amara .jpg\" name=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55e1374a5b80c.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55e1374a5b80c-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55e1374a5b80c-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55e1374a5b80c-1024x768.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" \/>Ground beetle, probably <em>Amara <\/em>sp. (Col.: Carabidae)&nbsp; Rosemary Jorna<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Val George found a <strong>plusiine<\/strong> caterpillar&nbsp;<strong><em>Autographa californica<\/em><\/strong> on his kale plants in his Oak Bay garden today.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55e1374a5c565.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"398.32666666666665\" title=\"Cabbage Looper 2.jpg\" name=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55e1374a5c565.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55e1374a5c565-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55e1374a5c565-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55e1374a5c565-1024x684.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Autographa californica <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae &#8211; Plusiinae)&nbsp; Val George<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Also on Val&rsquo;s kale were some caterpillars of <strong><em>Plutella xylostella<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55e1374a5d028.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"357.1033333333333\" title=\"IMG_1990.JPG\" name=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55e1374a5d028.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55e1374a5d028-300x180.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55e1374a5d028-768x460.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55e1374a5d028-1024x614.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image008.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" \/><em>Plutella xylostella <\/em>(Lep.: Plutellidae)&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 August 28 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Aziza Cooper writes:&nbsp; Yesterday, August 27, one male Purplish Copper was in the flowers next to the pump house on the east side of Martindale. 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