{"id":670,"date":"2015-06-11T23:36:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T06:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=670"},"modified":"2016-04-25T13:25:31","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T20:25:31","slug":"june-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=670","title":{"rendered":"June 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

2015 June 11<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>On June 10 Scott Gilmore wrote:\u00a0\u00a0 A little over two years ago my then five year old son and I went looking for moths for the first time. We were very fortunate to have a White-lined Sphinx sitting near an overnight CFL light and we were quickly hooked to find and learn more about moths and other insects. We have seen a few hundred moth species since then but not a single sphinx since that first day until yesterday morning when we had an Elegant Sphinx (<\/strong>Sphinx perelegans<\/em><\/strong>)<\/strong> near the same light.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Sphinx perelegans <\/em>(Lep.: Sphingidae) Scott Gilmore<\/div>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Scott continues on June 11:\u00a0 There was a second Elegant Sphinx<\/strong> (smaller and not missing a wingtip) at the same light this morning. Also present was a Salt and Pepper Geometer<\/strong> \u00a0<\/strong>(also known as Peppered Moth<\/strong>) Biston betularia<\/em><\/strong> and a Dark-bordered Granite <\/strong>Digrammia neptaria<\/em><\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Aziza Cooper writes:\u00a0 On Tuesday June 9 about 5pm\u00a0I explored the field west of West Saanich Road near Eddy’s Self Storage. In a back corner of the field I found four or five Field Crescents<\/strong>. There are a lot of daisies around the edges of the large field and a smaller field at the back of it, but only Cabbage Whites<\/strong> were there. The crescents were all in a small neglected bit off the far left corner of the back field.\u00a0 There are other undeveloped spots nearby that might have Crescents, if it is possible to search them – if the owners will permit. Eddy’s Self Storage has some daisy patches, and the property to the east does also.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Field Crescent Phyciodes pratensis <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/div>\n

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\"\"Field Crescent Phyciodes pratensis <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Aziza Cooper<\/div>\n

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Rosemary Jorna writes:\u00a0 This dragonfly was on the shrub overhanging the beach at Devonian Park this morning. Several Western Tiger Swallowtails<\/strong> were flying as well as a Cabbage White<\/strong> and one worn Mourning Cloak<\/strong> landing on the beach.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor <\/em>(Odo.: Aeshnidae) Rosemary Jorna<\/div>\n

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This dragonfly let me get extraordinarily close on the beach at Devonian Park.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor <\/em>(Odo.: Aeshnidae) Rosemary Jorna<\/div>\n

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Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 Here are two caterpillars from Bow Park, June 10.<\/p>\n

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

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\"\"Behrensia conchiformis <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae) Jeremy Tatum<\/div>\n

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