{"id":4711,"date":"2017-08-03T15:35:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T22:35:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=4711"},"modified":"2017-08-03T15:36:17","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T22:36:17","slug":"august-3-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=4711","title":{"rendered":"August 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2017 August 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

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   <\/strong>Aziza Cooper photographed a spider at East Sooke Park on July 29, and we are indebted to Robb Bennett for identifying it for us:<\/p>\n

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Male Evarcha proszynski <\/em>(Ara.: Salticidae) Aziza Cooper<\/p>\n

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   Scott Gilmore photographed a robber fly <\/strong>at Upper Lantzville on August 2, and we are indebted to Rob Cannings for identifying it for us.  Rob writes: This is a common Cordilleran asilid of mid and late summer.  It ranges across southern BC and south to California and Arizona.  Nice shot!<\/p>\n

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Robber fly Neomochtherus willistoni <\/em>(Dip.: Asilidae)  Scott Gilmore<\/p>\n

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   Jeremy Tatum found the caterpillar below on crab apple on Lochside Drive north of Blenkinsop Lake on August 3.  It is a male Vapourer Moth<\/strong>, also known as the Rusty Tussock<\/strong>. There were several adult male Vapourer Moths flying in the same area.<\/p>\n

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Vapourer Moth Orgyia antiqua <\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae – Lymantriinae)  Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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   Also in that area were several Red Admiral <\/strong>caterpillars (but no Satyr Commas) on the stinging nettles.  The nettles were all very heavily covered in dust, and I am not sure whether the caterpillars will survive.  If anyone knows of a really nice nettle patch, where the nettles are in really good condition and not covered in dust, one could conduct a rescue operation and transfer the caterpillars to better surroundings.  Let me know. <\/p>\n

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  Jeremy writes: on August 1 I saw an adult Red Admiral <\/strong>at Witty Beach.  At 6:00 pm on August 2 there were still a few Painted Ladies<\/strong> and a West Coast Lady <\/strong>on the Mount Tolmie reservoir.  They were so worn as to be almost unrecognizable – but were still able to fly strongly and chase each other around.  Today, August 3, I saw my first Pine White<\/strong> of the year, on Lohbrunner Road.<\/p>\n

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2017 August 3      Aziza Cooper photographed a spider at East Sooke Park on July 29, and we are indebted to Robb Bennett for identifying it for us:   Male Evarcha proszynski (Ara.: Salticidae) Aziza Cooper        Scott Gilmore photographed a robber fly at Upper Lantzville on August 2, and we are […]<\/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-4711","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\/4711","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=4711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}