{"id":516,"date":"2015-08-04T23:32:42","date_gmt":"2015-08-05T06:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=516"},"modified":"2016-03-13T16:38:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:38:02","slug":"august-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=516","title":{"rendered":"August 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html> <head> <meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=iso-8859-1\"> <\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" style=\"display:none\"><!--P{margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} --><\/style>\n<p> <\/head> <body dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <\/p>\n<p><strong>2015 August 4<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Jeff Gaskin writes:&nbsp; Today, August 4, in Uplands Park while with the Tuesday birders&#8217; group, we found a single <strong>Western Tiger Swallowtail<\/strong> and <strong>2 Lorquin&#8217;s Admirals<\/strong>. There were also several Woodland Skippers in the park as well.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum writes:&nbsp; Observers are noticing that the season for Western Tiger Swallowtails is beginning to wind down.&nbsp; To reassure observers, however, I can say that there will be at least one next year &#8211; the caterpillar below was found at King&#8217;s Pond. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"800\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"Tiger caterpillar.JPG\" height=\"397.3333333333333\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55c14b9d6874a.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\">Western Tiger Swallowtail <em>Papilio rutulus <\/em>(Lep.: Papilionidae)&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; If the season is winding down for many butterflies, <strong>Woodland Skippers<\/strong> seem to be very numerous just now &#8211; witness Annie Pang&#8217;s photograph of four on a single thistle flower.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"581\" originalwidth=\"640\" name=\"\" title=\"Four skippers.jpg\" height=\"541.05625\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55c14b9d69175.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\">Woodland Skippers <em>Ochlodes sylvanoides <\/em>(Lep.: Hesperiidae)&nbsp; Annie Pang<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum writes: I went to Cordova Spit this morning to see if I could see the Western Branded Skippers reported by David Robichaud (see yesterday&#8217;s posting).&nbsp; I walked from Island View Beach, through the Indian reserve, and I spent two hours on the  spit systematically quartering it to and fro &#8211; and I saw not a single butterfly of any species!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Devon Parker writes:&nbsp;&nbsp; These are the butterflies I saw in my backyard today near Goldstream Campground.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>3 <\/strong><strong>Woodland<\/strong><strong> Skippers<\/strong><br \/> <strong>1 Cedar Hairstreak &#8211; <\/strong>with damaged wings<br \/> <strong>1 Grey Hairstreak<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"1077\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"Grey Hairstreak.JPG\" height=\"534.91\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55c14b9d6953d.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;Grey Hairstreak <em>Strymon melinus <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)&nbsp; Devon Parker<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/body> <\/html> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 August 4 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Jeff Gaskin writes:&nbsp; Today, August 4, in Uplands Park while with the Tuesday birders&#8217; group, we found a single Western Tiger Swallowtail and 2 Lorquin&#8217;s Admirals. 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