{"id":6570,"date":"2018-07-09T09:31:51","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T16:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=6570"},"modified":"2018-07-09T15:57:55","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T22:57:55","slug":"july-9-morning-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=6570","title":{"rendered":"July 9 morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>June 9 morning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Gordon Hart writes:\u00a0 On my birthday, Thursday July 5, Anne-Marie and I drove to Cowichan Station, our first visit there. We saw 8-10 whites but they would not land. Finally, two sat long enough to confirm <strong>Margined Whites<\/strong>. The usual other species were present as well: <strong> Essex Skippers, Lorquin\u2019s Admirals<\/strong> and <strong>Western Tiger Swallowtails<\/strong> . I have attached a photo of a female <strong>Common Whitetail, <\/strong><strong><em>Plathemis lydia<\/em><\/strong>, and a <strong>Margined White<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 [That sounds like a pretty good birthday!\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Libellula forensis.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Libellula-forensis.jpg\" width=\"536.8\" height=\"364.57666666666665\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Common Whitetail <em>Plathemis lydia <\/em>(Odo.: Libellulidae)\u00a0 Gordon Hart<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 571px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Margined White.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Margined-White.jpg\" width=\"536.8\" height=\"545.7466666666667\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Margined White <em>Pieris marginalis <\/em>(Lep.: Pieridae)\u00a0 Gordon Hart<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0\u00a0 Cheryl Hoyle sends photographs of a beetle and a snail from East Saanich, July 8.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 576px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image006.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"DSC_1065 (2).JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_1065-2.jpg\" width=\"536.8\" height=\"386.04866666666663\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Golden Jewel Beetle <em>Buprestis aurulenta <\/em>(Col.: Buprestidae) Cheryl Hoyle<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 576px; 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=\"DSC_1033 (2).JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSC_1033-2.jpg\" width=\"536.8\" height=\"368.1553333333333\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Cepaea nemoralis <\/em>(Pul.: Helicidae)\u00a0 Cheryl Hoyle<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0\u00a0 More of Jochen M\u00f6hr\u2019s moth photographs from Metchosin .\u00a0\u00a0 Thanks to Libby Avis for identification.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 436px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image010.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 350px;\" title=\"P1100468 Acronicta dactylina.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1100468-Acronicta-dactylina.jpg\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Acronicta dactylina <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image012.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"P1100476 Acronicta dactylina.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1100476-Acronicta-dactylina.jpg\" width=\"536.8\" height=\"537.2473333333332\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Acronicta dactylina <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 468px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image014.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"P1100470 Properigea albimacula.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1100470-Properigea-albimacula.jpg\" width=\"536.8\" height=\"536.3526666666667\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Properigea albimacula <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image016.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"P1100473 Mythimna unipuncta.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1100473-Mythimna-unipuncta.jpg\" width=\"536.8\" height=\"530.5373333333333\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Mythimna <\/em>or <em>Leucania <\/em>sp. (Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image018.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"P1100474 Pero mizon.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/P1100474-Pero-mizon.jpg\" width=\"536.8\" height=\"397.6793333333333\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Pero mizon <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 9 morning \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Gordon Hart writes:\u00a0 On my birthday, Thursday July 5, Anne-Marie and I drove to Cowichan Station, our first visit there. We saw 8-10 whites but they would not land. Finally, two sat long enough to confirm Margined Whites. The usual other species were present as well: Essex Skippers, Lorquin\u2019s Admirals [&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-6570","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\/6570","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=6570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6581,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6570\/revisions\/6581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}