{"id":8048,"date":"2019-05-24T11:32:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T18:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=8048"},"modified":"2019-06-02T09:06:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-02T16:06:36","slug":"may-24-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=8048","title":{"rendered":"May 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>2019 May 24<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Jeremy Tatum shows three caterpillars and a moth found today, all in Saanich.\u00a0 Alas, only the first is native to the area.\u00a0 The others are all from Europe.<\/p>\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=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/pastedImage-150.png\" width=\"544\" height=\"324.3076923076923\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Satyr Comma <em>Polygonia satyrus <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\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;\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/pastedImage-151.png\" width=\"544\" height=\"362.6666666666667\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Common Emerald Moth <em>Hemithea aestivaria <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 470px; 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=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/pastedImage-153.png\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Essex Skipper <em>Thymelicus lineola <\/em>(Lep.: Hesperiidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatim<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 509px; 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=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/pastedImage-152.png\" name=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Large Yellow Underwing <em>Noctua pronuba <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0\u00a0 Here is a pair of weevils photographed by Jochen M\u00f6hr on thistles in Metchosin recently.\u00a0 Thanks\u00a0 to Charlene Wood for identifying them as the <strong>Canada Thistle Bud Weevil<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong><em>Larinus planus<\/em><\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>Charlene writes:\u00a0 They were introduced to control invasive thistle in the 1960s, but they infect native thistles also.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" style=\"width: 438px; margin: 5px;\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image010.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/pastedImage-154.png\" name=\"null\" \/><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Larinus planus <\/em>(Col.: Curculionidae)\u00a0 Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Jochen M\u00f6hr\u2019s moths in Metchosin this morning (no pctures taken):<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Melanolophia imitata 1<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Nadata gibbosa 3 (two from previous day)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Panthea virginarius 2<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Tyria jacobaeae 1<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Venusia obsoleta 1<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2019 May 24 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum shows three caterpillars and a moth found today, all in Saanich.\u00a0 Alas, only the first is native to the area.\u00a0 The others are all from Europe. 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