{"id":7253,"date":"2018-10-18T15:52:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T22:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=7253"},"modified":"2018-10-19T11:04:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T18:04:40","slug":"october-18-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=7253","title":{"rendered":"October 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2018 October 18<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Bryan Gates sent this photograph of a <strong>harvestman <\/strong>from Oak Bay on October 12.\u00a0 I think it is possible that it is not the usual European <em>Phalangium opilio<\/em>, but we haven\u2019t got an identification yet, so for the time being we\u2019ll just have to leave it at Order level.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 508px; 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=\"Harvestman.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Harvestman.jpg\" width=\"526.4\" height=\"396.0376175548589\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Harvestman (Opiliones)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Bryan Gates<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0\u00a0 Nathan Fisk sends a photograph of <strong><em>Bombus melanopygus <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0from Fort Rodd Hill.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 552px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"bee1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/bee1.jpg\" width=\"526.4\" height=\"483.55348837209306\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Bombus melanopygus <\/em>(Hym.: Apidae)\u00a0 Nathan Fisk<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0\u00a0 He also sends a photograph of a\u00a0<strong>Grey Hairstreak<\/strong> caterpillar on Black (or Beach) Knotweed.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 Given this foodplant, my immediate reaction is that this must be the caterpillar of a Purplish Copper butterfly.\u00a0\u00a0 The difficulty is that I don\u2019t think it looks quite right for that species, which is usually green and rather weakly, if at all, patterned.\u00a0 The patterning, the colour, and the slightly bristly appearance make me wonder if it might actually be a Grey Hairstreak.\u00a0 Here they usually feed on Salal (spring generation) or on Pearly Everlasting (fall), though a wide variety of foodplants has been recorded.\u00a0 See the October 19 posting, to see why I finally convinced myself that it is a <strong>Grey Hairstreak.<\/strong><\/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=\"20181016_130206.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/20181016_130206.jpg\" width=\"526.4\" height=\"375.2\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Grey Hairstreak\u00a0<em>Strymon melinus<\/em> (Lep.: Lycaenidae)\u00a0 Nathan Fisk<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2018 October 18 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Bryan Gates sent this photograph of a harvestman from Oak Bay on October 12.\u00a0 I think it is possible that it is not the usual European Phalangium opilio, but we haven\u2019t got an identification yet, so for the time being we\u2019ll just have to leave it at Order level. 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