{"id":5042,"date":"2017-09-16T20:00:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-17T03:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=5042"},"modified":"2017-09-17T08:25:10","modified_gmt":"2017-09-17T15:25:10","slug":"september-16-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=5042","title":{"rendered":"September 16"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 Here is an objet trouv\u00e9<\/em> from Swan Lake.\u00a0 It is the empty skin of a chrysalis of a Lorquin\u2019s Admiral<\/strong> hanging from an apple tree.\u00a0 The butterfly probably emerged from the chrysalis several months ago.<\/p>\n

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Lorquin\u2019s Admiral Limenitis lorquini <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 The Cabbage White <\/strong>chrysalis below, however, is occupied!\u00a0\u00a0 The butterfly might emerge later this year, but more likely next spring.<\/p>\n

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Cabbage White Pieris rapae <\/em>(Lep.: Pieridae) Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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Jochen Moehr sends some moth photographs from his home in Metchosin.\u00a0 We are very grateful to Libby Avis for identifying them for us.<\/p>\n

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Xanthorhoe defensaria <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jochen Moehr<\/p>\n

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Oligia divesta <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Jochen Moehr<\/p>\n

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Pleromelloida cinerea <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Jochen Moehr<\/p>\n

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Plemyria georgii <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jochen Moehr<\/p>\n

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The next one is a pug, and they are always difficult.\u00a0 Libby expresses some caution for her identification as probably E. graefii<\/em>, though I think she has it just right.\u00a0 Looks like a very good fit to me (Jeremy Tatum)<\/p>\n

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Eupithecia graefii <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jochen Moehr<\/p>\n

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Libby writes that she has been seeing more than usual Nepytia phantasmaria<\/em> in Port Alberni. She writes:\u00a0 Over a two week period at the beginning of September we were getting 10 or 12 a night – actually counted 28 on Septeber 6!\u00a0 I have attached a photo of three of them from September 4.<\/p>\n

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Nepytia phantasmaria <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Libby Avis<\/p>\n

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Rarity Alert!!!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mike McGrenere writes:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I had an Orange Sulphur<\/strong> last Sunday (September 10) at McIntyre reservoir along with an American Lady<\/strong><\/span>. There were about 40 Cabbage Whites<\/strong> as well. Yesterday (September 15) at the reservoir, there were only about 5 Cabbage Whites<\/strong>. I have attached photos of the butterflies.<\/p>\n

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\nMale Orange Sulphur Colias eurytheme <\/em>(Lep.: Pieridae)<\/p>\n

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American Lady Vanessa virginiensis <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)<\/p>\n

Mike McGrenere<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum reports a Red Admiral <\/strong>perched on the Mahonia<\/em> just outside the entrance to the Mount Tolmie reservoir, 5:45 pm today.<\/p>\n

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Annie Pang is bravely taking on the task of rearing a caterpillar of a Spotted Tiger Moth<\/strong> – feeding, unusually, on birch.<\/p>\n

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Spotted Tiger Moth Lophocampa maculata <\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae – Arctiinae)\u00a0 Annie Pang<\/p>\n

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2017 September 16 \u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 Here is an objet trouv\u00e9 from Swan Lake.\u00a0 It is the empty skin of a chrysalis of a Lorquin\u2019s Admiral hanging from an apple tree.\u00a0 The butterfly probably emerged from the chrysalis several months ago.   Lorquin\u2019s Admiral Limenitis lorquini (Lep.: Nymphalidae) Jeremy Tatum \u00a0\u00a0 The Cabbage White […]<\/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-5042","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\/5042","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=5042"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5055,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5042\/revisions\/5055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}