{"id":547,"date":"2015-08-13T03:38:28","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T10:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=547"},"modified":"2016-03-13T16:38:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:38:02","slug":"august-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=547","title":{"rendered":"August 12"},"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 12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>The season seems to be drawing rapidly to a close for most butterflies &#8211; with the exception of the <strong>Woodland Skipper<\/strong>.&nbsp; There are lots of these around.&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum noted clouds of them flitting around thistle and burdock flowers at UVic yesterday.&nbsp; Today Anne Murray writes from Saturna Island (a welcome contribution &#8211; we get few reports  from there): There are suddenly dozens of these little butterflies around our lavender flowers on Saturna Island. Am I correct in identifying them as <strong>Woodland Skippers<\/strong>? &nbsp;[Yes, you are!&nbsp; &#8211;&nbsp; Jeremy]&nbsp; I am trying to attract native butterflies to our garden here. Any suggestions for other good larval\/nectar plants would be most helpful. [I&#8217;ll try and reply sometime.&nbsp; In the meantime, Lavender  is as good a nectaring flower as any (see postings of July 23 and July 30 for association of this butterfly with Lavender) &#8211; though I&#8217;ll have some other suggestions later &#8211; and the foodplant of the Woodland Skipper caterpillars is grass!&nbsp; They are probably  not all that particular as to species of grass, though I haven&#8217;t investigated that at length.]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And Rosemary Jorna sends a photograph of an adult from near Kemp Lake.&nbsp; The &#8220;Woodland&#8221; in its English name is merely a translation of its Latin name <em>sylvanoides<\/em>.&nbsp; The butterfly can be seen in almost any habitat other than woodland!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"913\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"P8094530.jpg\" height=\"453.45666666666665\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55cc113b3e54f.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\">Woodland Skipper <em>Ochlodes sylvanoides <\/em>(Lep.: Hesperiidae)&nbsp; Rosemary Jorna<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Rosemary sends several other photographs of insects and spiders.&nbsp; We show some of them here. We are still trying to identify some of the others before posting them.&nbsp; If any viewer can identify those below that are incompletely identified, please do let  us know.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"825\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"P8094564.jpg\" height=\"409.75\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55cc113b3ed4a.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\">Ants (Hym.: &nbsp;Formicidae) on Tansy&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rosemary Jorna<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"900\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"P8094576.jpg\" height=\"447\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55cc113b3f357.jpeg\">&nbsp;<\/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_image006.jpg\">Bumble bee <em>Bombus <\/em>sp. (Hym.: Apidae)&nbsp; Rosemary Jorna<\/div>\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_image008.jpg\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"900\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"P8094615.jpg\" height=\"447\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55cc113b3f9d4.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bumble bee <em>Bombus <\/em>sp. (Hym.: Apidae)&nbsp; Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 434px;\" hasheight=\"false\" setwidth=\"434\" setheight=\"510\" originalheight=\"1411\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"P8094633.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55cc113b3fe32.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_image010.jpg\">Garden Spider <em>Araneus diadematus <\/em>(Ara.: Aranaeidae)&nbsp; Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n<p> <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 526px;\" hasheight=\"false\" setwidth=\"526\" setheight=\"401\" originalheight=\"714\" originalwidth=\"937\" name=\"\" title=\"P8094634.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55cc113b40b33.jpeg\">&nbsp;<\/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_image012.jpg\">Crab spider <em>Misumena vatia <\/em>(Ara.: Thomisiidae)&nbsp; Rosemary Jorna<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Scott Gilmore for identifying the beetle below.<\/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_image014.jpg\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"900\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"P8094582.jpg\" height=\"447\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55cc113b40fc3.jpeg\"><br \/> <em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Megapenthes <\/em>sp. (Col.: Elateridae)&nbsp; Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Scott Gilmore sends photographs of a moth caterpillar and two beetles from Upper Lantzville.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 351px;\" hasheight=\"false\" setwidth=\"351\" setheight=\"468\" originalheight=\"1200\" originalwidth=\"900\" name=\"\" title=\"Phyllodesma1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55cc113b416f8.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_image016.jpg\">American Lappet Moth&nbsp; <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Phyllodesma <\/em><em>americana<\/em><em> <\/em>(Lep.: Lasiocampidae)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Scott Gilmore<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" hasheight=\"true\" setwidth=\"353\" setheight=\"469\" style=\"width: 353px; height: 469px;\" originalheight=\"1200\" originalwidth=\"900\" name=\"\" title=\"Phyllodesma2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55cc113b4318a.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_image018.jpg\">American Lappet Moth&nbsp; <\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Phyllodesma <\/em><em>americana<\/em><em> <\/em>(Lep.: Lasiocampidae)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Scott Gilmore<\/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_image020.jpg\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 521px;\" hasheight=\"false\" setwidth=\"521\" setheight=\"461\" originalheight=\"565\" originalwidth=\"639\" name=\"\" title=\"Phyllodesma3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55cc113b451b3.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">American Lappet Moth&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Phyllodesma <\/em><em>americana<\/em><em> <\/em>(Lep.: Lasiocampidae)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Scott Gilmore<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 318px;\" hasheight=\"false\" setwidth=\"318\" setheight=\"485\" originalheight=\"1405\" originalwidth=\"921\" name=\"\" title=\"tenebrionid.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55cc113b45798.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_image022.jpg\"><em>Uloma longula <\/em>(Col,: Tenebrionidae)&nbsp; Scott Gilmore<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" hasheight=\"true\" setwidth=\"395\" setheight=\"526\" style=\"width: 395px; height: 526px;\" originalheight=\"1011\" originalwidth=\"759\" name=\"\" title=\"weevil.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/image55cc113b465cc.jpeg\"> <\/div>\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_image024.jpg\">Black Vine Weevil&nbsp; <em>Otiorhynchus sulcatus <\/em>(Col.: Curculionidae)<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Scott Gilmore<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum reports a <strong>Lorquin&#8217;s Admiral <\/strong>today from Bow Park, Saanich.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/body> <\/html> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 August 12 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The season seems to be drawing rapidly to a close for most butterflies &#8211; with the exception of the Woodland Skipper.&nbsp; There are lots of these around.&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum noted clouds of them flitting around thistle and burdock flowers at UVic yesterday.&nbsp; Today Anne Murray writes from Saturna Island (a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-invertebrate-alert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547","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=547"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1636,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547\/revisions\/1636"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}