{"id":9268,"date":"2019-09-07T16:24:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-07T23:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=9268"},"modified":"2019-09-08T14:04:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T21:04:25","slug":"september-7-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=9268","title":{"rendered":"September 7"},"content":{"rendered":"
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2019 September 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Jeremy Tatum writes that there was a fresh Painted Lady <\/strong>on the Teasels at McIntyre Reservoir today.\u00a0 There were still a lot of Cabbage Whites <\/strong>on the kale fields there.\u00a0 Apart from the Cabbage Whites, we must be coming close to the last butterfly of the year.\u00a0 Please keep reporting any that you see.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Jochen\u2019s moths from Metchosin this morning:<\/p>\n

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1 Eupithecia sp.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Euxoa difformis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

1 Tetracis pallulata<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

2 Xestia finatimis<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mike McGrenere writes:\u00a0 Barb and I were at Elk\/Beaver Lake Park yesterday morning \u00a0(September 6) and we came across a rather tattered Lorquin\u2019s Admiral<\/strong>, the first one that we have seen in quite a while (photo attached). \u00a0I was at Swan Lakeon September 5 and I saw a Tiger Swallowtail<\/strong> near the parking lot.<\/p>\n

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Lorquin\u2019s Admiral Limenitis lorquini <\/em>(Lep.: Nymphalidae)\u00a0 Mike McGrenere<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 Annie Pang sends a photograph of a Mud-dauber Wasp, June 29 of this year \u2013 rather late to make its way into Invert \u201cAlert\u201d, but I couldn\u2019t resist it.<\/p>\n

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Mud-dauber Wasp Sceliphron caementarium <\/em>(Hym.: Sphecidae) Annie Pang<\/p>\n

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Jeremy Tatum writes:<\/p>\n

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Sonia Voicescu has been away for most of the summer, but on her return she undertook and completed the enormous task of transferring all our Invert Alert butterfly records for this year to eButterfly.\u00a0 We must all be very grateful to Sonia for doing this huge amount of work.<\/p>\n

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Sonia tells us that this year eButterfly has so far recorded, mostly from Invert Alert, 52 species of butterfly from Vancouver Island.\u00a0 Here they are:<\/p>\n

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First observed<\/p>\n

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1<\/td>\nPale Swallowtail<\/td>\n2019-06-06 Narvaez Bay Rd, Saturna, BC, Canada,48.784412,-123.139760,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nWestern Tiger Swallowtail<\/td>\n2019-06-22 3837 Blue Valley Road, Victoria, BC, Canada,48.510773,-123.468641,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nAnise Swallowtail<\/td>\n2019-05-31 Mt Tolmie summit,48.457057,-123.325677,BC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nClodius Parnassian<\/td>\n2019-06-16 Mount Prevost, North Cowichan, BC, Canada,48.831944,-123.764444,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nWestern Sulphur<\/td>\n2019-06-16 Pass Main and Mt Cokely Rd,49.237931,-124.614562,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nPacific Orangetip<\/td>\n2019-05-06 Mt Tolmie Water Reservoir,48.454581,-123.320932,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nPine White<\/td>\n2019-08-21 Metchosin JM property,48.391770,-123.575479,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nMargined White<\/td>\n2019-04-28 Cowichan Station,48.730915,-123.671134,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nCabbage White<\/td>\n2019-04-16 Notch Hill Park, Powder Point Road, Nanoose Bay, BC, Canada,49.275722,-124.151932,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nPurplish Copper<\/td>\n2019-08-04 Island View Beach Regional Park, Island View Road, Saanichton, BC, Canada,48.572399,-123.366975,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nMariposa Copper<\/td>\n2019-06-22 Mount Cokely, Nanaimo C, BC, Canada,49.239444,-124.586667,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nSylvan Hairstreak<\/td>\n2019-06-25 Nanaimo River Road, Nanaimo, BC, Canada,49.078415,-123.985376,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nBrown Elfin<\/td>\n2019-04-04 Uptown,48.455271,-123.375358,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nWestern Pine Elfin<\/td>\n2019-04-25 Fairwinds Golf Club,49.277541,-124.125836,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nJuniper Hairstreak<\/td>\n2019-05-15 Panhandle trail,48.489305,-123.450386,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nMoss’ Elfin<\/td>\n2019-04-20 Panhandle trail,48.489305,-123.450386,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nGray Hairstreak<\/td>\n2019-04-20 Alberni Valley,49.256522,-124.804999,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nWestern Tailed-Blue<\/td>\n2019-06-16 Pass Main and Mt Cokely Rd,49.237931,-124.614562,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nEcho Azure<\/td>\n2019-04-20 Panhandle trail,48.489305,-123.450386,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nSilvery Blue<\/td>\n2019-05-26 Koksilah Rd,48.729968,-123.642361,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nAnna Blue<\/td>\n2019-07-21 Mount Washington, Comox-Strathcona C, BC, Canada,49.753056,-125.296389,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nBoisduval’s Blue<\/td>\n2019-07-29 Mount Washington Skiing Alpine Resort, Comox-Strathcona C, BC, Canada,49.741283,-125.303249,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nWest Coast Lady<\/td>\n2019-07-27 Mt Tolmie Water Reservoir,48.454581,-123.320932,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nRed Admiral<\/td>\n2019-07-14 Christmas Hill, Saanich, BC, Canada,48.473889,-123.373889,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nPainted Lady<\/td>\n2019-06-30 Christmas Hill, Saanich, BC, Canada,48.473889,-123.373889,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nAmerican Lady<\/td>\n2019-05-17 Panama Flats,48.473929,-123.401071,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nMilbert’s Tortoiseshell<\/td>\n2019-05-07 Shawinigan Lake Rd,48.561496,-123.570361,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nMourning Cloak<\/td>\n2019-03-30 3837 Blue Valley Road, Victoria, BC, Canada,48.510773,-123.468641,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nCalifornia Tortoiseshell<\/td>\n2019-03-20 Nanaimo River Road,49.096393,-124.135482,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\nGreen Comma<\/td>\n2019-03-19 Metchosin, BC, Canada,48.382005,-123.537850,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\nHoary Comma<\/td>\n2019-05-08 Eagle Chair Mt Washington,49.747289,-125.306073,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nOreas Anglewing<\/td>\n2019-03-29 Little Mountain, Little Mountain Road, Parksville, BC, Canada,49.295005,-124.325327,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\nSatyr Comma<\/td>\n2019-04-20 Goldstream Provincial Park, Langford, BC, Canada,48.479987,-123.547843,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\nMylitta Crescent<\/td>\n2019-05-07 Stebbings Road, Cowichan Valley B, BC, Canada,48.553145,-123.602796,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\nField Crescent<\/td>\n2019-06-01 Eddy’s storage, 1064 Stellys Cross Road, Brentwood Bay, BC, Canada,48.579903,-123.455157,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nCommon Ringlet<\/td>\n2019-06-18 Quick’s Bottom Park, Markham Street, Victoria, BC, Canada,48.496888,-123.402003,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nGreat Arctic<\/td>\n2019-07-22 Mount Washington Skiing Alpine Resort, Comox-Strathcona C, BC, Canada,49.741283,-125.303249,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\nCommon Wood-Nymph<\/td>\n2019-07-25 Mount Tuam, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada,48.727061,-123.484503,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\nPacific Fritillary<\/td>\n2019-07-22 Mount Washington Skiing Alpine Resort, Comox-Strathcona C, BC, Canada,49.741283,-125.303249,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\nHydaspe Fritillary<\/td>\n2019-07-22 Mount Washington Skiing Alpine Resort, Comox-Strathcona C, BC, Canada,49.741283,-125.303249,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\nZerene Fritillary<\/td>\n2019-07-25 Mount Tuam, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada,48.727061,-123.484503,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\nLorquin’s Admiral<\/td>\n2019-06-11 Royal Roads University, Sooke Road, Victoria, BC, Canada,48.435073,-123.473504,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\nArctic Skipper<\/td>\n2019-06-22 Mount Cokely, Nanaimo C, BC, Canada,49.239444,-124.586667,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>\nSilver-spotted Skipper<\/td>\n2019-06-10 Cortes Island, British Columbia, Canada,50.116728,-124.948928,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\nPersius Duskywing<\/td>\n2019-07-24 Little Jim Lake to Cream Lake,49.485797,-125.541983,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\nPropertius Duskywing<\/td>\n2019-05-31 Mt Tolmie summit,48.457057,-123.325677,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nDun Skipper<\/td>\n2019-07-01 Rhododendron Lake,49.190629,-124.296609,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nCommon Branded Skipper<\/td>\n2019-07-29 Mount Washington Skiing Alpine Resort, Comox-Strathcona C, BC, Canada,49.741283,-125.303249,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\nWoodland Skipper<\/td>\n2019-07-25 Mount Tuam, Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada,48.727061,-123.484503,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>\nGrizzled Skipper<\/td>\n2019-05-11 Sundew Place, Nanoose Bay,49.253704,-124.200745,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/td>\nTwo-banded Checkered-Skipper<\/td>\n2019-05-07 Stebbings Road, Cowichan Valley B, BC, Canada,48.553145,-123.602796,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52<\/td>\nEuropean Skipper<\/td>\n2019-06-04 Saanich, BC, Canada,48.459263,-123.376722,British Columbia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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There is room for some minor tweaking.\u00a0 For example, it is perhaps a little stretch to include Cortes Island (Silver-spotted Skipper) as part of Vancouver Island.\u00a0 And it is difficult to know to which species the name \u201cGrizzled Skipper\u201d (50) refers to, because this name, without any additional adjective, can be applied to several species, including the only one known to occur regularly on Vancouver Island, namely the Two-banded Checkered or Grizzled Skipper. On the other hand, the \u201csplitters\u201d might like to add an additional species to the list by splitting the Branded Skipper into Common and Western Branded Skippers, both forms (whether they be species or subspecies) occur on Vancouver Island. In any case, 52 species, plus or minus one or two, is a very exciting total, and much more that I would have guessed.<\/p>\n

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Are there any more that might be added?\u00a0 Well, no one reported the recently re-discovered Johnson\u2019s Hairstreak this year, nor the Phoebus (aka Rocky Mountain) Parnassian, nor the Arctic Blue, which was found a couple of years ago on a VNHS trip to Mount Washington.\u00a0 \u00a0So more than 52 is a year is in principle possible \u2013 but not very easy!<\/p>\n

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Sonia notes that there are some differences in the English names used in Invertebrate Alert and eButterfly, the most obvious of which are as follows:<\/p>\n

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Western spring azure ——Echo azure on eButterfly<\/p>\n

Sara orangetip———Pacific orangetip on eButterfly<\/p>\n

Western brown elfin——Brown elfin on eButterfly<\/p>\n

Cedar hairstreak——Juniper hairstreak on eButterfly<\/p>\n

Essex skipper——European skipper on eButterfly<\/p>\n

Western meadow fritillary—–Pacific fritillary on eButterfly<\/p>\n

Pale tiger swallowtail——Pale swallowtail on eButterfly<\/p>\n

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I\u2019m not quite sure what to do about this, though I expect I shall continue to use the names we have been using.\u00a0 Bear in mind that every book uses a different set of names, so that the eButterfly names are no more standard than any others.<\/p>\n

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Jeremy Tatum continues –\u00a0 Here are a couple of caterpillars and a moth:<\/p>\n

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Euplexia benesimilis <\/em>(Lep.: Noctuidae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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Orgyia antiqua <\/em>(Lep.: Erebidae \u2013 Lymantriinae)\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum<\/p>\n

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

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2019 September 7 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Jeremy Tatum writes that there was a fresh Painted Lady on the Teasels at McIntyre Reservoir today.\u00a0 There were still a lot of Cabbage Whites on the kale fields there.\u00a0 Apart from the Cabbage Whites, we must be coming close to the last butterfly of the year.\u00a0 Please keep reporting […]<\/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-9268","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\/9268","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=9268"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9278,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9268\/revisions\/9278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}