{"id":9172,"date":"2019-08-25T18:54:44","date_gmt":"2019-08-26T01:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=9172"},"modified":"2019-08-25T18:56:45","modified_gmt":"2019-08-26T01:56:45","slug":"august-25-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=9172","title":{"rendered":"August 25"},"content":{"rendered":"
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   <\/strong>Cheryl Hoyle sends photographs of two spiders and a spectacular large (if rather worn) moth from View Royal August 24.<\/p>\n

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Misumena vatia <\/em>(Ara.: Thomisidae)  Cheryl Hoyle <\/p>\n

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   The next one was kindly identified by Dr Robb Bennett as most likely Araneus saevus.
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Araneus saevus <\/em>(Ara.: Araneidae)  Cheryl Hoyle<\/p>\n

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Catocala aholibah <\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae – Erebinae)  Cheryl Hoyle<\/p>\n

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   Jeremy Tatum writes:  Although Neoalcis californiaria<\/em><\/strong> <\/strong>ties with the Winter Moth as our most frequently photographed geometrid, I couldn’t resist this one in the sunshine at University of Victoria this morning.  The dark wingtips are not real – they are a shadow.<\/p>\n

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Neoalcis californiaria <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)  Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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   Jeremy Tatum writes:  This caterpillar was found today on Salmonberry  at Iron Mine Bay:<\/p>\n

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Vapourer, or Rusty Tussock Moth Orgyia antiqua <\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae – Lymantriinae)  Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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   The next caterpillar was found at Munn Road on Hardhack.  Although at first glance it may look like a rather featureless and unidentifiable caterpillar, it can be recognized and identified by its face pattern.<\/p>\n

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Iridopsis emasculatum <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)  Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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Iridopsis emasculatum <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)  Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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