{"id":9207,"date":"2019-08-30T15:35:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-30T22:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=9207"},"modified":"2019-08-30T15:38:14","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T22:38:14","slug":"august-30-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=9207","title":{"rendered":"August 30"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    <\/strong>September Butterfly Walk:<\/strong>  <\/strong> Gordon Hart writes:<\/p>\n

Hello Butterfly Watchers,
The last Butterfly Walk of the season will be this Sunday, September 1, at 1 p.m<\/strong>. . We meet near the Mount Tolmie summit by the reservoir parking lot.<\/strong> After a look around the summit area, we will decide on a destination from there. All welcome.
See you on Sunday,
Gordon<\/p>\n

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   <\/strong>Gordon Hart sends a picture of the not-so-common Common Green Darner <\/strong>Anax junius<\/em><\/strong> from Pedder Bay, August 26.<\/p>\n

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Common Green Darner Anax junius <\/em>(Odo.: Aeshnidae) Gordon Hart<\/p>\n

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

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2 Ennomos magnaria<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

4 Lacinipolia pensilis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

8 Neoalcis californiaria<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Perizoma costiguttata<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Perizoma curvilinea<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Tolype distincta<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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Perizoma curvilinea <\/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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   Jeremy Tatum writes: Here is a photograph of a caterpillar of Euplexia benesimilis <\/em><\/strong>from East Sooke Park.  The caterpillar is often associated with ferns, and indeed this one was found on the fern Blechnum spicant<\/em>.  However, ferns are not its only foodplant, and here they show a pronounced liking for Stachys cooleyae <\/em>(Hedge-nettle or Woundwort).  This one, offered a choice between the fern it started with and the woundwort, quickly transferred to the woundwort.<\/p>\n

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Euplexia benesimilis <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae) Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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