{"id":5262,"date":"2017-10-29T11:12:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T18:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=5262"},"modified":"2017-10-31T09:27:21","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T16:27:21","slug":"october-29-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=5262","title":{"rendered":"October 29 morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>2017October 29 morning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Jeremy Gatten writes:\u00a0 The outlandishly nice weather yesterday brought out the butterflies today and I encountered four species while birding with Dave Robichaud.\u00a0 All species were encountered at Martindale Flats.\u00a0 The first two species were encountered in close proximity to one another near McIntyre Reservoir &#8211; a <strong> West Coast Lady<\/strong> and a <strong>Painted Lady<\/strong>.\u00a0 Shortly after, the first of several <strong>Cabbage Whites<\/strong> was encountered.\u00a0 The final species was an <strong> Orange Sulphur<\/strong>, which looked surprisingly fresh.\u00a0 The sulphur was located along Lochside Drive a little way south of the model aircraft field.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"West Coast Lady (Martindale Flats, Central Saanich, BC - October 28, 2017).jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/West-Coast-Lady-Martindale-Flats-Central-Saanich-BC-October-28-2017.jpg\" width=\"596\" height=\"402.0262467191601\" name=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">West Coast Lady <em>Vanessa annabella <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Gatten<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Painted Lady (Martindale Flats, Central Saanich, BC - October 28, 2017).jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Painted-Lady-Martindale-Flats-Central-Saanich-BC-October-28-2017.jpg\" width=\"596\" height=\"414.1435897435897\" name=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Painted Lady <em>Vanessa cardui <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Gatten<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jochen Moehr sends some more pictures from Metchosin.\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes: The first, in order of decreasing probability, is <em>Drepanulatrix monicaria, D. secundaria, D. foeminaria.<\/em><em>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>I am sufficiently sure that it is in fact the first of these that that is what I am going to label it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image006.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Joch D monicaria.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Joch-D-monicaria.jpg\" width=\"596\" height=\"429.6166666666667\" name=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Drepanulatrix monicaria <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jochen Moehr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image008.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Joch E autumnata.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Joch-E-autumnata.jpg\" width=\"596\" height=\"425.6433333333333\" name=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Autumnal Moth<em> Epirrita autumnalis <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jochen Moehr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image010.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Joch A californica.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Joch-A-californica.jpg\" width=\"596\" height=\"453.9533333333333\" name=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Autographa californica <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae &#8211; Plusiinae)\u00a0 Jochen Moehr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The insects below might be called \u201cgnats\u201d, but they are really a sort of small crane fly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image012.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Joch gnats.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Joch-gnats.jpg\" width=\"596\" height=\"379.95\" name=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Limonia nubeculosa <\/em>(Dip.: Tipulidae &#8211; Limoniinae)\u00a0 Jochen Moehr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2017October 29 morning &nbsp; \u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Gatten writes:\u00a0 The outlandishly nice weather yesterday brought out the butterflies today and I encountered four species while birding with Dave Robichaud.\u00a0 All species were encountered at Martindale Flats.\u00a0 The first two species were encountered in close proximity to one another near McIntyre Reservoir &#8211; 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