{"id":6293,"date":"2018-06-04T16:16:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T23:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=6293"},"modified":"2018-06-05T09:52:03","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T16:52:03","slug":"june-4-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=6293","title":{"rendered":"June 4"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Andrew Simon writes:\u00a0 Many of us are fond of the sweet, crisp taste of Evergreen huckleberries, which may be harvested, frost-covered, even as late as November.\u00a0 Well, the Silver-spotted Tiger Moth<\/strong> is also fond of this plant, it turns out. Larvae of this moth depend on multiple host plants on the west coast, including conifers such as \u00a0Douglas-fir\u2014but I have yet to find anything written regarding its taste for the leathery leaves of Vaccinium ovatum<\/em>.
\nLophocampa argentata<\/em><\/strong> observed by Andrew Simon and Kevin Toomer on the shores of Sticks West, Galiano.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum replies:\u00a0 Yes, while Douglas Fir is the usual foodplant of this species, I have occasionally found the caterpillar on other plants, such as broad-leaved trees.\u00a0 I haven\u2019t kept a record of such plants, but the leathery leaves of Vaccinium ovatum<\/em> certainly sounds like an interesting choice for this or any other caterpillar.<\/p>\n

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Lophocampa argentata <\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae \u2013 Arctiinae) Andrew Simon<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr writes:\u00a0 This morning three specimens of Nadata gibbosa<\/em><\/strong> on my wall by the light – nothing else.<\/p>\n

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Rough Prominent Nadata gibbosa <\/em>(Lep.: Notodontidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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Rough Prominent Nadata gibbosa <\/em>(Lep.: Notodontidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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Rough Prominent Nadata gibbosa <\/em>(Lep.: Notodontidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lorquin\u2019s Admirals<\/strong> are beginning to show up.\u00a0 Here\u2019s Annie Pang\u2019s first-of-the-year from Gorge Park, May 31.<\/p>\n

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Lorquin\u2019s Admiral Limenitis lorquini <\/em>(Lep.:\u00a0 Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Annie Pang<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And that European invader, the Common Emerald<\/strong>, is showing itself in caterpillar form.\u00a0 Here are two photographs of one from Louis Beaudouin in Lantzville:<\/p>\n

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Common Emerald Hemithea aestivaria <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Louis Beaudouin<\/p>\n

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Common Emerald Hemithea aestivaria <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Louis Beaudouin<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Matthew Powell sends a photograph of a female Polyphemus Moth<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>from outside his Esquimalt condominium, May 20.<\/p>\n

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Female Polyphemus Moth Antheraea polyphemus <\/em> (Lep.: Saturniidae)\u00a0 Matthew Powell<\/p>\n

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