{"id":6166,"date":"2018-05-21T19:30:45","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T02:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=6166"},"modified":"2018-05-21T19:37:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T02:37:40","slug":"may-21-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=6166","title":{"rendered":"May 21 evening"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2018 May 21 evening<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>More M\u00f6hr moths from Metchosin:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"P1090733 Perizoma curvilinea(1).JPG\" originalwidth=\"1200\" originalheight=\"1200\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"592.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1090733-Perizoma-curvilinea1.jpg\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Perizoma curvilinea <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"P1090734 Perizoma curvilinea(1).JPG\" originalwidth=\"1200\" originalheight=\"1016\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"501.90399999999994\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1090734-Perizoma-curvilinea1.jpg\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Perizoma curvilinea <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 545px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image006.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"P1090739.JPG\" originalwidth=\"1200\" originalheight=\"1200\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"592.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1090739.jpg\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Gluphisia severa <\/em>(Lep.: Notodontidae) Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image008.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"P1090749.JPG\" originalwidth=\"1200\" originalheight=\"1081\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"534.0139999999999\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1090749.jpg\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Nadata gibbosa <\/em>(Lep.: Notodontidae) Jochen M\u00f6hr  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image010.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"P1090768.JPG\" originalwidth=\"1200\" originalheight=\"1199\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"592.3059999999999\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1090768.jpg\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Selenia alciphearia <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr  <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; The West Coast form of the following spectacular hawk moth is treated by some authorities as a separate species  <em>Smerinthus ophthalmica<\/em>.&nbsp; Here, for better or worse, I retain the name <em>  Smerinthus cerisyi. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image012.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"P1090760.JPG\" originalwidth=\"1200\" originalheight=\"674\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"332.95599999999996\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1090760.jpg\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Smerinthus cerisyi <\/em>(Lep.: Sphingidae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image014.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"P1090765.JPG\" originalwidth=\"2200\" originalheight=\"2200\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"592.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/P1090765.jpg\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Smerinthus cerisyi <\/em>(Lep.: Sphingidae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp; On the butterfly front, Gordon Hart, just back from a visit to Ontario, reports that he has  <strong>Cedar Hairstreaks, Western Spring Azures, Green Comma <\/strong>and <strong>  Pale Tiger Swallowtails<\/strong> in his Highlands<em> <\/em>yard.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;&nbsp; Ron Flower sends photographs of a <strong>Silvery Blue<\/strong> from the Colwood turn-off, and a  <strong>Satyr Comma <\/strong>from Goldstream Park, May 17.&nbsp; Satyr Commas, formerly common, have become quite rare in &nbsp;the last two years, so it is reassuring to know that there are still a few about.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 623px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image016.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"Silvery und.JPG\" originalwidth=\"1190\" originalheight=\"950\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"473.2436974789916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Silvery-und.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Silvery Blue <em>Glaucopsyche lygdamus <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)&nbsp; Ron Flower<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image018.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"Silvery upp.JPG\" originalwidth=\"1200\" originalheight=\"773\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"381.86199999999997\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Silvery-upp.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Silvery Blue <em>Glaucopsyche lygdamus <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)&nbsp; Ron Flower<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image020.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"Satyr und.JPG\" originalwidth=\"1089\" originalheight=\"794\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"432.2159779614325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Satyr-und.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Male Satyr Comma <em>Polygonia satyrus <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)&nbsp; Ron Flower<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 625px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image022.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"Satyr upp.JPG\" originalwidth=\"1177\" originalheight=\"915\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"460.8428207306712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Satyr-upp.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Satyr Comma <em>Polygonia satyrus <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)&nbsp; Ron Flower<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2018 May 21 evening &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; More M\u00f6hr moths from Metchosin: &nbsp; Perizoma curvilinea (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen M\u00f6hr &nbsp; Perizoma curvilinea (Lep.: Geometridae) Jochen M\u00f6hr &nbsp; Gluphisia severa (Lep.: Notodontidae) Jochen M\u00f6hr &nbsp; Nadata gibbosa (Lep.: Notodontidae) Jochen M\u00f6hr &nbsp; &nbsp; Selenia alciphearia (Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The West Coast form of the [&hellip;]<\/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-6166","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\/6166","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=6166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6166\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}