{"id":8220,"date":"2019-06-14T19:13:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T02:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=8220"},"modified":"2019-06-15T19:16:52","modified_gmt":"2019-06-16T02:16:52","slug":"june-14-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=8220","title":{"rendered":"June 14"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy writes:\u00a0 Yesterday I was walking in Uplands Park between 9-10am, Thursday June 13th, and there appeared to be many butterflies because of the warmth at that hour. A light breeze was blowing.\u00a0 I saw at least two more of the Sheep Moth<\/strong>s I had seen a week ago. Much paler coloration this time and lacking those lovely pink hues. I also saw several Lorquin’s Admirals, Western\u00a0Tiger<\/strong> Swallowtails <\/strong> and Painted Ladies<\/strong>. There were only a few Cabbage Whites<\/strong> in comparison with the other numbers of butterflies.<\/p>\n

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Lorquin\u2019s Admiral Limenitis lorquini <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Marie O\u2019Shaughnessy<\/p>\n

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\u00a0 Gordon Hart sends photographs of two California Darner <\/strong>dragonflies from his Highlands property.\u00a0 We thank Rob Cannings for confirming their identification. \u00a0One of the dragonflies is in process of eating a pentatomid bug.\u00a0 Gordon sends some rather gruesome details of this \u2013 too gruesome, I think, for the delicate sensibilities of readers of this site.\u00a0 \u00a0Rob writes:\u00a0 Both are Rhionaeschna californica<\/em><\/strong>. The first (lateral view, eating the bug) is a female; the other is a male. The female shows the typical rather straight lateral thoracic stripes, somewhat more slanted towards the rear than in most darners. Note the black borders to these stripes, especially on the back edge.\u00a0 The stripes on the front of the thorax usually seen in other species are absent (best seen in the male individual here).<\/p>\n

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Female California Darner Rhionaeschna californica <\/em>(Odo.: Aeshnidae)\u00a0 Gordon Hart<\/p>\n

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Male California Darner Rhionaeschna californica <\/em>(Odo.: Aeshnidae)\u00a0 Gordon Hart<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum sends photographs of four moths:\u00a0 Aseptis binotata <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0from Blenkinsop Lake;\u00a0 Sicya croceata <\/em><\/strong>also from Blenkinsop Lake;\u00a0 Dysstroma citrata <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0from Goldstream Park: and Yponomeuta malinellus <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0from Swan Lake.<\/p>\n

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Aseptis binotata <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae) Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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Sicya crocearia <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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Dysstroma citrata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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Yponomeuta <\/em>malinellus\u00a0 (Lep.: Yponomeutidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes:\u00a0 I was at McIntyre reservoir (Central Saanich) this afternoon.\u00a0 There is an absolutely huge crop of Teasel there, but not yet in flower and hence not yet of interest to butterflies.\u00a0 Provided the Teasel is not cut down, there will probably be lots of butterflies there in a couple of weeks or so.\u00a0 There was lots of Wild Radish in flower, and 50 or so Cabbage Whites <\/strong>nectaring on it, as well as two Painted Ladies.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 At 6:30 this evening there were about half-a-dozen Painted Ladies<\/strong> near the summit of Mount Tolmie.\u00a0 There was one Lady basking on the concrete reservoir, and even though I had a prolonged good look at it, and it was a fresh, well-marked specimen, I couldn\u2019t tell for sure which Lady it was.\u00a0 Well, you will be asking, what about the apical patch?\u00a0 Was it white or orange? \u00a0Was it blunt or pointed? \u00a0Sorry, I can\u2019t tell you, because there was no apical patch!\u00a0 In the end I think it was probably an aberrant Painted Lady, because I couldn\u2019t see any of the particular features that I look for in the other Ladies.\u00a0 If it stays there for a few days, perhaps someone might get a photograph of it.<\/p>\n

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