{"id":6025,"date":"2018-05-07T19:01:26","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T02:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=6025"},"modified":"2018-05-07T19:07:34","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T02:07:34","slug":"may-7-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=6025","title":{"rendered":"May 7 evening"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2018 May 7 evening<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  <\/strong> <\/strong>Devon Parker writes: On May 6 there was a single Johnson’s Hairstreak<\/strong> at the same location where my dad and I took you to a few years ago (in the hills past Jordan River). This one had iridescent blue on the outer wings which was interesting. “For-the-record” photos attached.  There were also many commas<\/strong> along the way to this area, as well as a Mourning Cloak<\/strong>. I also spotted one of the red-listed jumping-slugs <\/strong>that we have on the island near this location. Not sure which one it could be. <\/p>\n

   Also on May 5 at Mount Maxwell on Salt Spring Island there were two Propertius Duskywings,<\/strong> one Milbert’s Tortoiseshell<\/strong>, one Western Spring Azure<\/strong> and one Sara Orangetip.<\/strong>  <\/strong>There was also a Hemaris thetis<\/em><\/strong> (bee hawk moth)<\/strong> nectaring on the Manzanita on Mount Maxwell.<\/p>\n

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Hoary Comma Polygonia gracilis <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)   Devon Parker<\/p>\n

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Johnson’s Hairstreak<\/p>\n

Loranthomitoura johnsoni<\/em><\/p>\n

(Lep.: Lycaenidae)<\/p>\n

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Johnson’s Hairstreak<\/p>\n

Loranthomitoura johnsoni<\/em><\/p>\n

(Lep.: Lycaenidae)<\/p>\n

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Perhaps Hemphillia dromedarius <\/em>(Pul.: Arionidae)  Devon Parker<\/p>\n

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   Jeremy Tatum writes:  At 4:00 pm today there was a Propertius Duskywing <\/strong>just outside the entrance to the Mount Tolmie reservoir.  No nymphalids on the reservoir either then or later at 6:00 pm.<\/p>\n

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   Many of us here in Victoria are noticing how scarce butterflies are, other than Western Spring Azures <\/strong>mud-puddling in good numbers..  We have just received messages from Jochen Moehr in Metchosin and Rosemary Jorna in Sooke echoing similar sentiments.   Jochen writes: <\/p>\n

In this good weather I can see blues almost all the time, up to six simultaneously, but often a couple playing together or mud-puddling on the watered lawn.  Whenever I get close enough to identify them, they are Western Spring Azures<\/strong>.  There is also almost always a Sara Orangetip<\/strong>, which flies incessantly, up and down the slope, close to the surface, almost never alighting anywhere.  Yesterday, very briefly, I saw a second one appear.  –  Beyond that I sometimes – but quite rarely – see Cabbage Whites<\/strong>.  Yesterday up to three simultaneously, but only once and briefly.  Rosemary writes: Here the butterflies are scarce.  I have only seen a comma<\/strong> on April 23  at Peden Lake,  and two blues<\/strong> near #2 parking lot in Sooke Potholes Regional Park the same day<\/p>\n

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2018 May 7 evening      Devon Parker writes: On May 6 there was a single Johnson’s Hairstreak at the same location where my dad and I took you to a few years ago (in the hills past Jordan River). This one had iridescent blue on the outer wings which was interesting. “For-the-record” photos attached.  […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-invertebrate-alert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6025","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=6025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}