{"id":6777,"date":"2018-08-01T14:50:08","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T21:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=6777"},"modified":"2018-08-02T11:32:48","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T18:32:48","slug":"august-1-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=6777","title":{"rendered":"August 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Jochen M\u00f6hr writes:\u00a0 It looks as though there will be a “Celebraton of Life” event for Moralea Milne<\/strong> on Sunday, August 5 at 2:00 pm somewhere near the Municipal Hall in Metchosin – behind the Fire Hall – details depending on weather, etc.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Here, for interest, is a repeat of Gordon Hart\u2019s recent photograph of a Branded Skipper <\/strong>on Mount Washington (and therefore supposedly a \u201cCommon Branded Skipper\u201d<\/strong>),\u00a0 and two of Val George\u2019s photographs from previous years of a Branded Skipper <\/strong>from Cordova Spit (and therefore presumably a \u201cWestern Branded Skipper\u201d<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

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\u201cCommon\u201d Branded Skipper Hesperia <\/em>sp. (Lep.: Hesperiidae)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gordon Hart<\/p>\n

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\u201cWestern\u201d Branded Skipper\u00a0 Hesperia <\/em>sp. (Lep.: Hesperiidae)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Val George<\/p>\n

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\u201cWestern\u201d Branded Skipper\u00a0 Hesperia <\/em>sp. (Lep.: Hesperiidae)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Val George<\/p>\n

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www.goert.ca\/documents\/SAR_manual\/Hesperia_colorado_oregonia.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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Compared to Western Branded Skipper (subspecies oregonia), H. comma<\/p>\n

(subspecies undescribed) from the mountains of Vancouver Island have a<\/p>\n

darker base colour on the ventral hindwings and medial markings that are<\/p>\n

wider and darker. On the dorsal surface, the brown margins are wider and<\/p>\n

darker and the marginal apical spots (at the wing tips) are smaller. Adults<\/p>\n

are also smaller in size (forewing length = 12.0-14.0 mm vs. 13.6-15.2 mm<\/p>\n

for H. colorado oregonia).<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It is probable that one would have to compare series of mounted museum specimens to appreciate these differences.\u00a0 The question would then remain if the two populations should be treated as separate species or as a single species.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 This just in from Kirsten Mills:\u00a0 I went to Paradise Meadows and Mount Washington from 1:30 to 4:30pm on July 31. I saw 3 Boisduval’s Blues<\/strong>, about 15 Anna’s Blues<\/strong>, around 60 Mariposa Coppers<\/strong>, 11 Western Meadow Fritillaries, 4 Hydaspe Fritillaries, 3 Branded Skippers and 1 Woodland Skipper<\/strong>. All but the Woodland Skipper were new for me this year. Kirsten sends some photographs, of which the first is a Branded Skipper, <\/strong>presumably a \u201cCommon\u201d Branded Skipper<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCommon\u201d Branded Skipper Hesperia comma <\/em>(Lep.: Hesperiidae)\u00a0\u00a0 Kirsten Mills<\/p>\n

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Western Meadow Fritillary Boloria epithore <\/em> (Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Kirsten Mills<\/p>\n

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Mariposa Copper Lycaena mariposa <\/em>(Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0 Kirsten Mills<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr sends photographs of two moths from Metchosin.\u00a0 The first one is easy.\u00a0 The second one? –\u00a0 Libby Avis says one of two species, not certain which, probably pensilis<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Campaea perlata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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Lacinipolia<\/em> pensilis<\/em>\/patalis <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae) Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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August 1 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr writes:\u00a0 It looks as though there will be a “Celebraton of Life” event for Moralea Milne on Sunday, August 5 at 2:00 pm somewhere near the Municipal Hall in Metchosin – behind the Fire Hall – details depending on weather, etc. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Here, for interest, is a […]<\/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-6777","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\/6777","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=6777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6787,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6777\/revisions\/6787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}