{"id":4945,"date":"2017-09-02T09:56:06","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T16:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=4945"},"modified":"2017-09-02T09:59:53","modified_gmt":"2017-09-02T16:59:53","slug":"september-2-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=4945","title":{"rendered":"September 2 morning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2017 September 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reminder:<\/strong>  <\/strong>Butterfly Walk <\/strong>tomorrow, Mount Tolmie, 1:00 pm.  For details scroll down to September 1 morning.<\/p>\n

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   Jeremy Tatum writes:  Libby Avis commented yesterday that she is being swamped in Port Alberni – as we are here in the Victoria area – by Neoalcis californiaria<\/em><\/strong>.<\/strong>  <\/strong> I opened my rear door this morning, and the one below was sitting there right at eye level:<\/p>\n

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Neoalcis californiaria <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)  Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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   Several nice caterpillars reached the Invert Alert mailbox yesterday.   First a dagger<\/strong> photographed by Scott Gilmore on a alder trunk at Upper Lantzville.  Daggers comprise a large genus Acronicta<\/em> of rather similar grey moths carrying a dagger mark on their forewings.  Although the moths are quite similar and difficult to distinguish, they have a remarkable array of very different and quite beautiful and spectacular caterpillars.<\/p>\n

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Acronicta impleta <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)   Scott Gilmore<\/p>\n

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   Libby Avis has a couple of nice ones from Port Alberni.  She found the first one, Euplexis similis<\/em><\/strong> on Maidenhead Fern.  The two white dots at the rear of the caterpillar are distinctive of the species.  <\/p>\n

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Euplexis benesimilis <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)  Libby Avis<\/p>\n

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   The next are two instars of  Schizura ipomoeae<\/em><\/strong> found on a plum tree.  The first is probably a penultimate instar.  The second is probably a final instar, and unfortunately it has a tachinid egg on the side of its second abdominal segment.<\/p>\n

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Schizura ipomoeae <\/em>(Lep.: Notodontidae)  Libby Avis  <\/p>\n

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Schizura ipomoeae <\/em>(Lep.: Notodontidae)  Libby Avis  <\/p>\n

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   Jeremy Tatum writes:  Well having received such an interesting set of caterpillar photographs, I thought I’d photograph my Zale<\/em> caterpillar again, now that it is a little larger:<\/p>\n

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Zale <\/em>sp. (Lep.: Erebidae – Erebinae)  Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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   Invert Alert still has several photographs waiting in the queue – so, apologies to contributors for making you wait!  I’ll try and do a second posting later in the day.<\/p>\n

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