{"id":9846,"date":"2019-12-07T14:11:06","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T22:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=9846"},"modified":"2019-12-07T14:16:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T22:16:19","slug":"december-7-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/?p=9846","title":{"rendered":"December 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>2019 December 7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/strong>Mr E sends photographs of a small slug that he found on Prospect Lake Road on December 6.&nbsp; Can any viewer identify the species?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image002.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"624\" originalheight=\"406\" width=\"581.6\" height=\"378.41282051282053\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pastedImage-22.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Unidentified slug&nbsp;&nbsp; Mr E<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image004.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"624\" originalheight=\"468\" width=\"581.6\" height=\"436.2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pastedImage-23.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Unidentified slug&nbsp;&nbsp; Mr E<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 624px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image006.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"624\" originalheight=\"405\" width=\"581.6\" height=\"377.4807692307692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pastedImage-24.png\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Unidentified slug&nbsp;&nbsp; Mr E<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum writes:&nbsp; As part of our continuing efforts to sort out the <strong>  winter moths (<\/strong><strong><em>Operophtera <\/em><\/strong><strong>sp.)<\/strong>, Jochen M\u00f6hr has photographed a series of them in Metchosin.&nbsp;&nbsp; Some are fairly straightforward; most of them are tough!&nbsp;&nbsp; I *think*&nbsp; (but it is only a think) that the first one   below may be <em>O. occidentalis<\/em>, and the rest are probably <em>O. brumata<\/em>.&nbsp; In the first one below, note the dark streak that goes from the centre of the forewing down to the middle of the outer margin.&nbsp; I have labelled the photographs below according   to my best efforts &#8211; but I can&#8217;t guarantee 100 percent that they are all absolutely correct.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 394px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image008.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"394\" originalheight=\"357\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pastedImage-25.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Operophtera occidentalis <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 390px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image010.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"390\" originalheight=\"391\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pastedImage-26.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Operophtera brumata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 398px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image012.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"398\" originalheight=\"325\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pastedImage-27.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Operophtera brumata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 385px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image014.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"385\" originalheight=\"348\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pastedImage-28.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Operophtera brumata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(A possible trace of <em>occidentalis<\/em>?)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"397\" originalheight=\"363\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pastedImage-29.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Operophtera brumata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 409px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image018.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"409\" originalheight=\"382\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pastedImage-30.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Operophtera brumata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(A possible trace of <em>occidentalis<\/em>?)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 421px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image020.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"421\" originalheight=\"397\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pastedImage-31.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Operophtera brumata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 397px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image022.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"397\" originalheight=\"357\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pastedImage-32.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Operophtera brumata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 402px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image024.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"402\" originalheight=\"338\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pastedImage-33.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Operophtera brumata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 409px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image026.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"409\" originalheight=\"354\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pastedImage-34.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Operophtera brumata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 444px; margin: 5px;\" class=\"\" src=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/jtatum\/AppData\/Local\/Temp\/msohtmlclip1\/01\/clip_image028.jpg\">  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><img decoding=\"async\" name=\"null\" title=\"pastedImage.png\" originalwidth=\"444\" originalheight=\"346\" rszimgcmd=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/pastedImage-35.png\"><br \/>  <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Operophtera brumata <\/em>(Lep.: Geometridae)&nbsp; Jochen M\u00f6hr<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2019 December 7 &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mr E sends photographs of a small slug that he found on Prospect Lake Road on December 6.&nbsp; Can any viewer identify the species? &nbsp; Unidentified slug&nbsp;&nbsp; Mr E &nbsp; Unidentified slug&nbsp;&nbsp; Mr E &nbsp; &nbsp; Unidentified slug&nbsp;&nbsp; Mr E &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Jeremy Tatum writes:&nbsp; As part of our continuing [&hellip;]<\/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-9846","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\/9846","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=9846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vicnhs.bc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}