{"id":5839,"date":"2018-04-21T09:24:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T16:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=5839"},"modified":"2018-04-21T09:41:03","modified_gmt":"2018-04-21T16:41:03","slug":"april-21-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=5839","title":{"rendered":"April 21 morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>2018 April 21 morning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>More of Jochen\u2019s moth photos from Metchosin.<\/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_image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"P1090057(1).JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P10900571.jpg\" width=\"713.6\" height=\"500.11466666666666\" name=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Behrensia conchiformis <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Moehr<\/p>\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\" style=\"width: 564px;\" title=\"P1090062(1).JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P10900621.jpg\" name=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Behrensia conchiformis <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Moehr<\/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=\"P1090059(1).JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P10900591.jpg\" width=\"713.6\" height=\"429.34933333333333\" name=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Melanolophia imitata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jochen Moehr<\/p>\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=\"P1090064(1).JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P10900641.jpg\" width=\"713.6\" height=\"555.4186666666667\" name=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Orthosia hibisci <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Jochen Moehr<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0 I think the caterpillar below may be <em>Noctua pronuba<\/em>, but I\u2019m not entirely certain. (Jeremy Tatum)<\/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_image010.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"P1090066.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/P1090066.jpg\" width=\"713.6\" height=\"456.704\" name=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Noctuid caterpillar, perhaps <em>Noctua pronuba <\/em> (Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Jochen Moehr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On April 18, we posted pictures of some early bees on or around some Shooting Star flowers, which we labelled <em>Dodecatheon<\/em>.\u00a0 Apparently the botanical taxonomists are every bit as enthusiastic about name changes as are the zoologists, and Jeremy Gatten points out to me that Shooting Stars are now supposed to be in the genus <em>Primula<\/em>. Jeremy Gatten confesses to being a bit baffled by this &#8211; as does Jeremy Tatum &#8211; though we have to assume that the taxonomists have some good reason for it.\u00a0 To my eyes, Shooting Stars bear little resemblance to the Primroses that I used to see in my youth in the hedgerows of England in spring.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2018 April 21 morning \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 More of Jochen\u2019s moth photos from Metchosin. &nbsp; Behrensia conchiformis (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Moehr Behrensia conchiformis (Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen Moehr Melanolophia imitata (Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jochen Moehr Orthosia hibisci (Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Jochen Moehr \u00a0\u00a0 I think the caterpillar below may be Noctua pronuba, but I\u2019m not entirely certain. 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