{"id":681,"date":"2015-06-14T21:43:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T04:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=681"},"modified":"2016-03-13T16:38:05","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:38:05","slug":"june-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=681","title":{"rendered":"June 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html> <head> <meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=iso-8859-1\"> <\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" style=\"display:none\"><!--P{margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} --><\/style>\n<p> <\/head> <body dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-size:12pt;color:#000000;background-color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;\"> <\/p>\n<p><strong>2015 June 14<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Sorry, no June 13 posting &#8211; too tired!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Annie Pang sends photographs of an upper- and underside of a <strong>Western Tiger Swallowtail <\/strong>from Gorge Park, June 12.&nbsp; She notes that they enjoy nectaring on Himalayan Blackberry, but they appear to ignore the native Mock Orange blossom.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"461\" originalwidth=\"640\" name=\"\" title=\"P1240504.jpg\" height=\"424.11999999999995\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image557df56f51a92.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Western Tiger Swallowtail <em>Papilio rutulus <\/em> (Lep.: Papilionidae)&nbsp; Annie Pang<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"468\" originalwidth=\"640\" name=\"\" title=\"P1240513.jpg\" height=\"430.55999999999995\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image557df56f51ef9.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Western Tiger Swallowtail <em>Papilio rutulus <\/em> (Lep.: Papilionidae)&nbsp; Annie Pang<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bill Katz sends a photograph of a <strong>Scallop Shell<\/strong> moth from UVic&#8217;s Finnerty Gardens.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" hasheight=\"true\" setwidth=\"509\" setheight=\"366\" style=\"width: 509px; height: 366px;\" originalheight=\"757\" originalwidth=\"1054\" name=\"\" title=\"Rh undulata Katz.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image557df56f521bd.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;Scallop Shell <em>Rheumaptera undulata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Bill Katz.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"> <\/p>\n<p>He also sends a photograph of <strong><em>Eupithecia unicolor<\/em><\/strong><strong>&nbsp; <\/strong>from his Summit Hill Garage.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 400px;\" hasheight=\"false\" setwidth=\"400\" setheight=\"241\" originalheight=\"357\" originalwidth=\"592\" name=\"\" title=\"150609_Eupith_garage2.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image557df56f5285b.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<em>Eupithecia unicolor <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae) Bill Katz<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum writes:&nbsp; I went to Metchosin yesterday as part of the Bioblitz to see if I could find any caterpillars.&nbsp; Not very many, and it was too hot for me to stay out long, but<\/p>\n<p>I did find caterpillars of <strong>Western Spring Azure, Red Admiral<\/strong> and <strong>Milbert&#8217;s Tortoiseshell.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>The moth below emerged yesterday from a pupa formed by a caterpillar found in March in Mount Douglas Beach Park, which is where I released it yesterday.&nbsp; I had some difficulty in identifying it at first, because I have never seen a specimen  of this species so strongly and boldly marked.&nbsp; It is the <strong>Brown Angle Shades<\/strong>.&nbsp; Richard South, writing of its European counterpart over 100 years ago, wrote that the moth, when newly emerged from its pupa, is an &#8220;exceedingly beautiful creature&#8221;.&nbsp;  I think he was right &#8211; don&#8217;t you? &nbsp;This species is best known from its habit of resting with its wings folded in pleats.&nbsp; When it was freshly emerged, it didn&#8217;t do this &#8211; another thing that made me fail to recognize it immediately.&nbsp;&nbsp; The usual appearance of  this moth here is like the one shown on 2011 September 6.&nbsp; To access the archival photographs on the site, scroll to the bottom and press END.&nbsp; Then go again to the bottom and you&#8217;ll find a list of months, which you can click on.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" originalheight=\"877\" originalwidth=\"1200\" name=\"\" title=\"Phologophora per ad.JPG\" height=\"430.31466666666665\" width=\"588.8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image557df56f52a2b.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image010.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Brown Angle Shades <em>Phlogophora periculosa <\/em> (Lep.;&nbsp; Noctuidae)&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Aziza Cooper writes:&nbsp; James Miskelly reminded me that I haven&#8217;t posted my list of sightings from our trip to Mt Cokely road last weekend. Here it is:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"list-style-type: decimal;\">\n<li><strong>W Tiger Swallowtail<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Pale Swallowtail<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Anise Swallowtail<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Clodius Apollo<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Margined White<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sara&#8217;s Orangetip<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Western Sulphur<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Cedar Hairstreak<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Grey Hairstreak<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Brown Elfin<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Western Pine Elfin<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>W Tailed Blue<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Silvery Blue<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>W Spring Azure<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Boisduval&#8217;s Blue<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Zephyr Comma<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mourning Cloak<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Painted Lady<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hydaspe Fritillary<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mylitta Crescent<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Lorquin&#8217;s Admiral<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Persius Duskywing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Arctic Skipper<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Two-banded Checkered Skipper<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Scott Gilmore writes: My son and I found a very interesting tiny rove beetle flying across our front lawn yesterday evening &#8211;&nbsp;<strong><em>Megarthrus pictus<\/em><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>[Jeremy Tatum writes: &nbsp;Scott doesn&#8217;t say how big this beetle is, but I found a reference that says length 3 mm &#8211; so this is quite a remarkable photograph!] <\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" hasheight=\"true\" setwidth=\"487\" setheight=\"598\" style=\"width: 487px; height: 598px;\" originalheight=\"893\" originalwidth=\"729\" name=\"\" title=\"DSC_0031.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/image557df56f53b73.jpeg\"> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/F:\/DOCUME%7E1\/tatum\/LOCALS%7E1\/Temp\/msohtml1\/01\/clip_image012.jpg\"><em>Megarthrus pictus <\/em>(Col.: Staphylinidae) Scott Gilmore<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<p> <\/body> <\/html> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2015 June 14 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Sorry, no June 13 posting &#8211; too tired! &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Annie Pang sends photographs of an upper- and underside of a Western Tiger Swallowtail from Gorge Park, June 12.&nbsp; She notes that they enjoy nectaring on Himalayan Blackberry, but they appear to ignore the native Mock Orange blossom. &nbsp; Western [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":675,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-invertebrate-alert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681","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=681"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1690,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681\/revisions\/1690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}