{"id":6541,"date":"2018-07-06T19:14:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-07T02:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=6541"},"modified":"2018-07-09T08:41:27","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T15:41:27","slug":"june-6-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=6541","title":{"rendered":"July 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>July 6<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0\u00a0 Gordon Hart writes:\u00a0 I checked the patches of Spreading Dogbane at the Pike Lake Substation ponds on July 4, and I found one <strong>Grey Hairstreak<\/strong>, and many <strong>bee<\/strong> species. The Dogbane is in full bloom and not dried out yet, so may be worth checking again when it is sunny. I saw one <strong>Sheep Moth<\/strong> go speeding by, a <strong>Lorquin\u2019s Admiral<\/strong> and a <strong>Western Tiger Swallowtail<\/strong>. There were a few dragonflies and I have attached a photo of a <strong>Four-spotted Skimmer <\/strong><strong><em>Libellula quadrimaculata.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 552px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"bee sp.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/bee-sp.jpg\" width=\"452\" height=\"369.88666666666666\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Honey Bee <em>Apis mellifera <\/em>(Hym.: Apidae)\u00a0 Gordon Hart<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 561px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"skimmer.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/skimmer.jpg\" width=\"452\" height=\"339\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Four-spotted Skimmer <em>Libellula quadrimaculata <\/em> (Odo.: Libellulidae)\u00a0 Gordon Hart<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0\u00a0 On July 2 we showed a photograph by Val George of the pretty little crambid moth <em>Pyrausta californicalis<\/em> from Val\u2019s Oak Bay garden.\u00a0 Val has since noticed several of these moths flying around the larval foodplant <em>Mentha<\/em> in his garden.\u00a0 He also found and photographed a small caterpillar (shown below) on the mint. The caterpillar is semitranslucent like that of many crambid caterpillars and it seems all but certain that it must be a caterpillar of <strong><em>Pyrausta californicalis<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum will try to rear the caterpillar.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 606px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image006.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Pyrausta caterpillar Qu.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Pyrausta-caterpillar-Qu.jpg\" width=\"452\" height=\"299.0733333333333\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Pyrausta californicalis <\/em>(Lep.: Crambidae)\u00a0 Val George<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr sends pictures of beetles from Metchosin.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image008.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"P1100446.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1100446.jpg\" width=\"452\" height=\"296.06\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Polyphylla crinita <\/em>(Col.: Scarabaeidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image010.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"P1100488Yellow Douglas-fir Borer (Centrodera spurca)crop-adj.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1100488Yellow-Douglas-fir-Borer-Centrodera-spurcacrop-adj.jpg\" width=\"452\" height=\"452.37666666666667\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Yellow Douglas Fir Borer\u00a0 <em>Centrodera spurca <\/em> (Col.:\u00a0 Cerambycidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0\u00a0 It is some days since a butterfly was reported from Mount Tolmie, in spite of several visits to the reservoir in the late afternoon or evening.\u00a0 It has been either overcast or windy.\u00a0\u00a0 However, Jeremy Tatum reports a <strong>Red Admiral<\/strong> from the reservoir at 6:20 pm on June 6.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 6 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Gordon Hart writes:\u00a0 I checked the patches of Spreading Dogbane at the Pike Lake Substation ponds on July 4, and I found one Grey Hairstreak, and many bee species. The Dogbane is in full bloom and not dried out yet, so may be worth checking again when it is sunny. 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