{"id":6872,"date":"2018-08-10T15:02:53","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T22:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=6872"},"modified":"2018-08-13T19:13:59","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T02:13:59","slug":"august-10-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=6872","title":{"rendered":"August 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2018 August 10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Mike Yip writes from Nanoose Bay:\u00a0 Scores of <strong>Woodland Skippers<\/strong> in the garden with the occasional <strong>Pine White<\/strong> and <strong>Cabbage White<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0 A few<strong> Common Woodnymphs<\/strong> flying by but no nectaring or basking.<\/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;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Yip Woodland und.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yip-Woodland-und.jpg\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"395.2\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\nWoodland Skipper <em>Ochlodes sylvanoides <\/em>(Lep.: Hesperiidae) Mike Yip<\/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_image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Yip Woodland upp.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yip-Woodland-upp.jpg\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"395.2\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Male Woodland Skipper <em>Ochlodes sylvanoides <\/em> (Lep.: Hesperiidae) Mike Yip<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0\u00a0 A rare full upperside view, showing that the Branded Skipper is by no means the only skipper whose male is conspicuously \u201cbranded\u201d with androconial scales, which release male hormones to advertise his presence.<\/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_image006.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Yip Pine.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Yip-Pine.jpg\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"395.2\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Pine White <em>Neophasia menapia <\/em>(Lep.: Pieridae)\u00a0 Mike Yip<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum shows a <strong>White-lined Hawk Moth<\/strong>, which came from the caterpillar shown on July 15 and the pupa shown on July 25.\u00a0 The caterpillar was found at McIntyre reservoir, which is where I released the moth today.\u00a0 Larval foodplant \u2013 <em>Epilobium<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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_image008.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Hyles lin.JPG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Hyles-lin.jpg\" width=\"592.8\" height=\"585.8839999999999\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">White-lined Hawk Moth <em>Hyles lineata <\/em>(Lep.:\u00a0 Sphingidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2018 August 10 \u00a0 \u00a0 Mike Yip writes from Nanoose Bay:\u00a0 Scores of Woodland Skippers in the garden with the occasional Pine White and Cabbage White.\u00a0\u00a0 A few Common Woodnymphs flying by but no nectaring or basking. 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