{"id":8715,"date":"2019-07-21T16:01:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-21T23:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=8715"},"modified":"2019-07-21T16:06:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T23:06:30","slug":"july-21-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=8715","title":{"rendered":"July 21"},"content":{"rendered":"
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   <\/strong>Ted Dobie sent me the photograph below of a caterpillar found on Gordon Head Road.  He kindly allowed me to collect it for rearing.<\/p>\n

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Orgyia pseudotsugata <\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae – Lymantriinae)  Ted Dobie<\/p>\n

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   The caterpillar shown on July 8, and the chrysalis on July 11, this morning produced the Red Admiral <\/strong>butterfly shown below.  Unfortunately I didn’t manage to get a good shot of the upperside.  I released the butterlfy on a Buddleia in Finnerty Gardens, where it was joined on the same bush by one each of Lorquin’s Admiral, Painted Lady, Western Tiger Swallowtail, Cabbage White <\/strong>and Anna’s Hummingbird, all enjoying the copious nectar. I stood watching them for 45 minutes, wondering if I had woken up in Heaven.<\/p>\n

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Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)  Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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Jochen M\u00f6hr’s moths in Metchosin this morning:<\/p>\n

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1 Amorbia cuneanum<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Callizzia amorata<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I Drepanulatrix secundaria<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Eupithecia sp.   <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Homorthodes hanhami<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Nadata gibbosa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Nemoria darwiniata<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Pyrausta perrubralis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Schizura ipomoeae<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 probably Apamea sordens<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Coryphista meadii<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Dichagyris variabilis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Leucania or mythimna<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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and at least a dozen micros of different kinds.<\/p>\n

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Amorbia cuneanum <\/em>(Lep.: Tortricidae)  Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n

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

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

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   Ren Ferguson sends these pictures of a bee from Salt Spring Island.  Thanks to Annie Pang for confirming the identification.<\/p>\n

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Bombus flavifrons <\/em>(Hym.: Apidae)  Ren Ferguson<\/p>\n

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Bombus flavifrons <\/em>(Hym.: Apidae)  Ren Ferguson<\/p>\n

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Bombus flavifrons <\/em>(Hym.: Apidae)  Ren Ferguson<\/p>\n

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   Jeremy Tatum writes:  I saw two Mylitta Crescents <\/strong>today (July 21) along a Hydro line across Millstream Road, as well as a very small (and as yet unidentified) sesiid<\/strong> moth.  Also, I saw a Pine White<\/strong> flying over the McKenzie Interchange.<\/p>\n

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   That’ll have to be all for today!  More tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n

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2019 July 21      Ted Dobie sent me the photograph below of a caterpillar found on Gordon Head Road.  He kindly allowed me to collect it for rearing.   Orgyia pseudotsugata (Lep.: Erebidae – Lymantriinae)  Ted Dobie      The caterpillar shown on July 8, and the chrysalis on July 11, this morning produced […]<\/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-8715","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\/8715","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=8715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}