{"id":7952,"date":"2019-05-16T19:30:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T02:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=7952"},"modified":"2019-05-16T19:36:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T02:36:24","slug":"may-16-evening-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=7952","title":{"rendered":"May 16 evening"},"content":{"rendered":"
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   Jochen M\u00f6hr’s moths in Metchosin this morning.  As ever, thanks to Libby Avis for her huge help in identifying moths.<\/p>\n

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Eupithecia <\/em><\/strong>sp<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perizoma costiguttata<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Perizoma curvilinea<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Phyllodesma americana<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Venusia obsoleta<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n4<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Xanthorhoe defensaria<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Venusia obsoleta <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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Eupithecia cretaceata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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The caterpillar of E. cretaceata <\/em>feeds on the flowers of the (to us) very poisonous  Veratrum viride<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Eupithecia cretaceata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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Drepanulatrix monicaria\/secundaria <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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   The caterpillars of at least one of these Drepanulatrix <\/em>species (whichever it is!) feed on Ceanothus thyrsiflora<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Udea profundalis <\/em>(Lep.: Crambidae)  Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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The caterpillars probably feed on a variety of plants.  They can be a pest of Celery, although here they often feed on Stinging Nettle.<\/p>\n

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Hydriomena marinata\/californiata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)  Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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Perizoma costiguttata <\/em>(Lep,: Geometridae)  Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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Phyllodesma americana <\/em>(Lep.: Lasiocampidae)  Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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   Rosemary Jorna photographed two bumblebees in her Kemp Lake yard on May 15.  Thank you to Annie Pang and Lincoln Best for the identifications.<\/p>\n

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Male Bombus<\/em> sitkensis <\/em>(Hym.: Apidae)  Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n

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Male Bombus<\/em> melanopygus <\/em>(Hym.: Apidae)  Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n

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Male Bombus<\/em> melanopygus <\/em>(Hym.: Apidae)  Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n

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   This click beetle<\/strong> was in Rosemary’s garden today:<\/p>\n

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Selatosomus suckleyi <\/em>(Col.: Elateridae)  Rosemary Jorna<\/p>\n

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   Val George writes:  This afternoon, May 16, there were five Painted Ladies<\/strong> at the summit of Mount Tolmie.  Maybe the invasion of this species has started.<\/p>\n

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019 May 16 evening      Jochen M\u00f6hr’s moths in Metchosin this morning.  As ever, thanks to Libby Avis for her huge help in identifying moths.   Eupithecia sp 1 Perizoma costiguttata 1 Perizoma curvilinea 2 Phyllodesma americana 2 Venusia obsoleta 4 Xanthorhoe defensaria 2             Venusia obsoleta (Lep.: Geometridae)  […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7952","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\/7952","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=7952"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7952\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7952"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7952"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7952"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}