{"id":5091,"date":"2017-09-22T11:03:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T18:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=5091"},"modified":"2017-09-22T11:07:48","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T18:07:48","slug":"september-22-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=5091","title":{"rendered":"September 22 morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>2017 September 22 morning<br \/>  <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy Equinox, Everyone!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Here&#8217;s another moth from Metchosin, photographed by Jochen Moehr and identified for us by Libby Avis.&nbsp;  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" hasheight=\"true\" setwidth=\"524\" setheight=\"518\" style=\"width: 524px; height: 518px;\" originalheight=\"1179\" originalwidth=\"1191\" name=\"\" title=\"Jochen noctuid.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Jochen-noctuid.jpg\"><br \/>  <em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Dryotype opina <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)&nbsp; Jochen Moehr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; And now Libby sends some photographs herself from Port Alberni.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">  <em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 558px;\" hasheight=\"false\" setwidth=\"558\" setheight=\"670\" originalheight=\"1200\" originalwidth=\"1000\" name=\"\" title=\"Xylena curvimacula - Port Alberni-Home_MG_8285a.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Xylena-curvimacula-Port-Alberni-Home_MG_8285a.jpg\"><br \/>  <em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Xylena curvimacula <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)&nbsp; Libby Avis<\/p>\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_image006.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"1200\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"Lithomoia germana - Port Alberni-Home_MG_8286a(1).jpg\" height=\"596\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Lithomoia-germana-Port-Alberni-Home_MG_8286a1.jpg\"><br \/>  <em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Lithomoia germana <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)&nbsp; Libby Avis<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image008.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"1200\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"Philedia punctomacularia - Port Alberni-Home_MG_8262a.jpg\" height=\"596\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Philedia-punctomacularia-Port-Alberni-Home_MG_8262a.jpg\"><br \/>  <em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Philedia punctomacularia <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Libby Avis<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum writes:&nbsp; The Notodontidae (&#8220;prominents&#8221;) is a family of moths, many of which have extraordinary caterpillars.&nbsp; One was shown on September 20.&nbsp; Here&#8217;s another:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image010.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"800\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"Schizura.jpg\" height=\"397.3333333333333\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Schizura.jpg\"><br \/>  <em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Schizura unicornis <\/em>(Lep.: Notodontidae)&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Marie O&#8217;Shaughnessy writes that there were at least three <strong>Painted Ladies<\/strong><strong><em>  <\/em><\/strong>on Whiffin Spit yesterday.&nbsp; Here is one of them.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image012.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"648\" originalwidth=\"800\" name=\"\" title=\"Painted Lady.jpg\" height=\"482.76\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Painted-Lady-2.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Painted Lady&nbsp; <em>Vanessa cardui <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)&nbsp; Marie O&#8217;Shaughnessy<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"797\" originalwidth=\"800\" name=\"\" title=\"P Ldy.jpg\" height=\"593.765\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/P-Ldy.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Painted Lady&nbsp; <em>Vanessa cardui <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)&nbsp; Marie O&#8217;Shaughnessy  <\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image014.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2017 September 22 morning Happy Equinox, Everyone! &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Here&#8217;s another moth from Metchosin, photographed by Jochen Moehr and identified for us by Libby Avis.&nbsp; &nbsp; Dryotype opina (Lep.: Noctuidae)&nbsp; Jochen Moehr &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; And now Libby sends some photographs herself from Port Alberni. &nbsp; Xylena curvimacula (Lep.: Noctuidae)&nbsp; Libby Avis &nbsp; Lithomoia germana (Lep.: [&hellip;]<\/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-5091","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\/5091","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=5091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}