{"id":627,"date":"2015-07-21T17:29:37","date_gmt":"2015-07-22T00:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=627"},"modified":"2016-03-13T16:38:03","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:38:03","slug":"july-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=627","title":{"rendered":"July 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html> <head> <meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=Windows-1252\"> <\/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>2105 July 20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Aziza Cooper writes: Hello, butterfly watchers,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For the <strong>August Butterfly&nbsp;Walk<\/strong> I&#8217;d like to suggest that we meet at noon instead of 1pm, and go to&nbsp;Kinsol Trestle, near Shawnigan Lake.&nbsp;It&#8217;s the August long weekend, so it will be a good holiday outing and a chance of more variety in butterflies  than we are likely to find in Victoria. As always, the walk is dependent on good weather and will be cancelled if the weather is cold or raining.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy&nbsp;Tatum&#8217;s list of butterflies sighted in past years include Hydaspe Fritilliary, Clodius Parnassian, Dun Skipper and&nbsp;Western Tailed Blue.&nbsp;(It could be too late in the year for Western Tailed Blue.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s almost two weeks until August 2nd, the date of the walk. I&#8217;m giving the group a bit more time to think about it, since it will be a longer expedition than usual. I&#8217;d like to meet at noon instead of 1pm to allow for the driving time which will be about  an hour. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are the directions:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>From <\/strong><strong>Victoria<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong>&nbsp; From the Trans Canada Highway turn west onto&nbsp;Mill Bay\/Shawnigan Lake Road and go all the way into the Village of Shawnigan Lake. Turn right onto Shawnigan Lake Road and follow it until it  turns into Renfrew Road. Follow Renfrew road past the end of the Lake to Gleneagles Road and turn right. There is a public parking area about 550 metres down the road on the right hand side. Park here and&nbsp;walk to the Trestle&nbsp;on the Cowichan Valley Trail which  is approximately 1.2 km in distance. <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a link to the website:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cvrd.bc.ca\/index.aspx?NID=1379\">http:\/\/www.cvrd.bc.ca\/index.aspx?NID=1379<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll send out a reminder notice before the weekend of August 1- 2.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Comments\/questions: hit Reply, or phone me at 250-516-7703.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Jeremy Tatum writes:&nbsp; Jochen Moehr entrusted me with two of the <strong>Anise Swallowtail <\/strong>caterpillars that were feeding on his parsley (see July 13 posting).&nbsp;&nbsp; They are half-grown now and enjoying feeding on <em>Oenanthe sarmentosa<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"914\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"Progress 2.JPG\" height=\"453.9533333333333\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image55ae8182e9294.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\">Anise Swallowtail <em>Papilio zelicaon <\/em>(Lep.: &nbsp;Papilionidae)&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Aziza Cooper writes:&nbsp; I went to Moss Rock Park this evening (July 19) and saw 6 butterflies &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>4<\/strong> <strong>Painted Ladies, a Red Admiral and a West Coast Lady<\/strong>. The summit is a scramble to get to; quite steep, without a good trail.&nbsp;At Government House, <strong>six Western Tiger<\/strong> <strong>Swallowtails and one Red Admiral<\/strong> were at the lawn east of the House, and at Mount Tolmie reservoir, another <strong>4 Painted Ladies, a Red Admiral and a West Coast<\/strong> <strong>Lady<\/strong>. &nbsp;Hilltops seem to be&nbsp;the only consistent place to find butterflies around here.&nbsp; My visit to Goldstream RR tracks was pretty slow, with <strong>two Pine Whites, 4 Lorquin&#8217;s Admirals, <\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>10 skippers, <\/strong> mostly <strong>Woodland<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>In case any viewers have not yet visited Mount Washington to see the wonderful butterflies there, here is today\u2019s contribution from Mike Yip:&nbsp; A leisurely trip to Mt. Washington on Friday (July 17) yielded 15 species. First stop was at  the start of the Mt. Washington road where we encountered <strong>4 Common Woodnymph<\/strong> and several <strong>Woodland Skippers<\/strong>. Before we got to the first ski hill we had added <strong>Grey Hairstreak, Lorquin&#8217;s Admiral, &nbsp;Cabbage White, Mariposa Copper, Hydaspe Fritillary, Anna&#8217;s Blue, Silvery Blue, Painted Lady, Clodius Parnassian. <\/strong>At the first ski hill we added <strong>Purplish Copper<\/strong> and <strong> Common Branded<\/strong> <strong>Skipper<\/strong>. We only spent 20 minutes at the peak but added <strong>Great Arctic<\/strong> and <strong>Anise<\/strong> <strong>Swallowtail.<\/strong> In all we found <strong>3 Painted Ladies<\/strong> &#8211; &nbsp;all new generation in mint condition. The Great Arctics were all fairly well worn and in poor condition. Silvery Blues were also near the end of their days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"600\" originalwidth=\"900\" name=\"\" title=\"Wood Nymph.jpg\" height=\"397.33333333333337\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image55ae8182ea46a.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\">Common Woodnymph <em>Cercyonis pegala <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae &#8211; Satyrinae)&nbsp; Mike Yip<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"600\" originalwidth=\"900\" name=\"\" title=\"Hydaspe Fritillary.jpg\" height=\"397.33333333333337\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image55ae8182ea98c.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\">Hydaspe Fritillary <em>Speyeria hydaspe <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)&nbsp; Mike Yip<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" hasheight=\"true\" setwidth=\"566\" setheight=\"377\" style=\"width: 566px; height: 377px;\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" originalheight=\"32\" originalwidth=\"32\" name=\"\" title=\"Anise.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image55ae8182eaf84.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_image008.jpg\">Anise Swallowtail <em>Papilio zelicaon <\/em>(Lep.:&nbsp; Papilionidae)&nbsp; Mike Yip<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"600\" originalwidth=\"900\" name=\"\" title=\"Great Arctic.jpg\" height=\"397.33333333333337\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image55ae8182eb46a.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\">Great Arctic <em>Oeneis nevadensis <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae &#8211; Satyrinae)&nbsp; Mike Yip<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"600\" originalwidth=\"900\" name=\"\" title=\"Painted Lady.jpg\" height=\"397.33333333333337\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image55ae8182eb8f5.jpeg\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Painted Lady <em>Vanessa cardui <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)&nbsp; Mike Yip<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"600\" originalwidth=\"900\" name=\"\" title=\"Common Branded Skipper.jpg\" height=\"397.33333333333337\" width=\"596\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/image55ae8182ebd73.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_image014.jpg\">Common Branded Skipper <em>Hesperia comma <\/em>(Lep.: Hesperiidae)&nbsp;&nbsp; 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