{"id":570,"date":"2015-07-06T03:04:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T10:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=570"},"modified":"2016-03-13T16:38:04","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:38:04","slug":"july-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=570","title":{"rendered":"July 5"},"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 July 5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Aziza Cooper writes:&nbsp; On July 4 I went to look for the <strong> Boisduval&#8217;s Blue<\/strong> which Dave Robichaud reported weeks ago. It was very hot and dry with very few flowers still in bloom. I was able to find one about 10 metres from the trailhead at the end of Boas Road. It was in the bracken fern on a withering fireweed.  Also there was one worn<strong> Grey<\/strong> <strong>Hairstreak<\/strong>, a flyby hairstreak and two <strong>Lorquin&#8217;s Admirals<\/strong> along the road.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"925\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"A Boisduvals Blue 1a.JPG\" height=\"453.8666666666666\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image5599f03d4c1fc.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\">Boisduval&#8217;s Blue <em>Icaricia icarioides <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)&nbsp; Aziza Cooper<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"892\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"A Grey Hairstreak 1a.JPG\" height=\"437.67466666666667\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image5599f03d4c8fb.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\">Grey Hairstreak <em>Strymon melinus <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)&nbsp; Aziza Cooper<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum writes:&nbsp; Cheryl Hoyle sends us a photograph of a moth from View Royal today, July 5.&nbsp; It is a species of <em>Drepanulatrix<\/em>.&nbsp; This genus always gives us trouble in identification.&nbsp; Usually we have to try to choose from <em>D. foeminaria, D. secundaria<\/em> and <em>D. monicaria<\/em>.&nbsp; Often the photographs that we are sent resemble <em>monicaria<\/em> more than the other two &#8211; as does this one.&nbsp; The snag is that <em> monicaria<\/em> does not seem to be on the official list of British Columbia moths.&nbsp; However as far as I can tell the moth in Cheryl&#8217;s photograph does seem to be <strong><em>Drepanulatrix monicaria <\/em><\/strong>&#8211; and that is how I am going to label it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"854\" originalwidth=\"1105\" name=\"\" title=\"Drepanulatrix.jpg\" height=\"455.054479638009\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image5599f03d4cef0.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_image006.jpg\"><em>Drepanulatrix monicaria <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Cheryl Hoyle<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/body> <\/html> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 July 5 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Aziza Cooper writes:&nbsp; On July 4 I went to look for the Boisduval&#8217;s Blue which Dave Robichaud reported weeks ago. It was very hot and dry with very few flowers still in bloom. 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