{"id":6274,"date":"2018-06-01T17:47:38","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T00:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=6274"},"modified":"2018-06-01T17:56:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T00:56:03","slug":"june-1-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=6274","title":{"rendered":"June 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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   <\/strong>Message from Gordon Hart:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hello Butterfly Watchers,<\/strong>
Although the weather forecast does not look great, the <\/strong>June Butterfly Walk<\/strong><\/span> is still on for Sunday, June 3, at 1 p.m . We meet near the Mount Tolmie summit by the reservoir parking lot. After a look around the summit area, we will decide on a destination from there, weather permitting. <\/strong>
See you on Sunday,<\/strong>
Gordon<\/strong><\/p>\n

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   <\/strong>Jeremy Tatum writes that the Lorquin’s Admiral <\/strong>whose caterpillar was shown on May 30 and 31 has now pupated.<\/p>\n

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Lorquin’s Admiral Limenitis lorquini <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Jeremy Tatum<\/div>\n

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   He adds that he saw an adult Lorquin’s Admiral <\/strong>at Panama Flats yesterday.<\/p>\n

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   Here are caterpillars of our common Malacosoma <\/em><\/strong> lackey moths.<\/p>\n

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Malacosoma disstria<\/em>  <\/em>(Lep.: Lasiocampidae)  Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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Malacosoma californicum<\/em>  <\/em>(Lep.: Lasiocampidae)  Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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   Nathan Fisk sends a photograph of a caterpillar that fell from an oak tree at Fort Rodd Hill Nursery.  Jeremy Tatum writes:  I don’t know what it is, but I have seen this one several times in the past and I have been trying for years to find out what it is.  If anyone finds one, please let me know!<\/p>\n

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Unknown caterpillar  (Lep.: Noctuidae)   Nathan Fisk<\/p>\n

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   Libby Avis writes:  A rare sighting in our yard in Port Alberni on May 31st – the Yellow-banded Day Sphinx, Proserpinus flavofasciata<\/em><\/strong>. <\/em>It was flying very fast in among bees and hard to distinguish from them. Our only previous sighting was also in our garden two years ago (see 2016 May 16). <\/p>\n

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  Jeremy Tatum writes – a rare sighting indeed!  I only once found the caterpillar – at Cowichan Station many years ago.  Unfortunately a tachinid fly had beaten me to it and found it first.<\/p>\n

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Proserpinus flavofasciata <\/em>(Lep.: Sphingidae)  Libby Avis<\/p>\n

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   Annie Pang sends a photograph of a Western Tiger Swallowtail<\/strong> <\/em><\/strong>at Gorge Park, May 30.  She also reports that she saw her first Lorquin’s Admiral <\/strong>of the year there.<\/p>\n

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Western Tiger Swallowtail Papilio rutulus <\/em> (Lep.: Papilionidae)  Annie Pang <\/p>\n

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   Ren Ferguson writes:  Attached is a photo of a Propertius Duskywing<\/strong> nectaring on Woolly Sunflower. Taken May 31, 2018 at Andreas Vogt Nature Reserve on Salt Spring Island. The sunflowers were planted by Salt Spring Island Conservancy. Nice to see a native butterfly on a native plant.  [Jeremy Tatum comments:  But I just hope the butterfly doesn’t move on to the flower just  above it.]<\/p>\n

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Propertius Duskywing Erynnis propertius <\/em>(Lep.: Hesperiidae)  Ren Ferguson<\/p>\n

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2018 June 1      Message from Gordon Hart:   Hello Butterfly Watchers, Although the weather forecast does not look great, the June Butterfly Walk is still on for Sunday, June 3, at 1 p.m . We meet near the Mount Tolmie summit by the reservoir parking lot. After a look around the summit area, […]<\/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-6274","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\/6274","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=6274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}