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heartnosekid · 2 months

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hummingbird clearwing moth (hemaris thysbe) | moanrchmanorfl on ig

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thomas--bombadil · 9 months

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A Hummingbird Clearwing moth is a rare and amazing insect to see.

Not only is it just about as big as a hummingbird and behaves in much the same manner - floating in the air as they do, but if you look closely, its wings are indeed, clear.

Amazingly, even in flight you can see right through them.

Watching one is mesmerizing.

#midwest #summertime #moths #hummingbird clearwing moth #insects #wildlife #wildlife photography #insect #nature photography #insect photography #wildlife photos #bee balm #flying insects #insectblr

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sitting-on-me-bum · 4 months

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Hummingbird clearwing moth.

(Photo: Ducks Unlimited Canada)

#ducks unlimited canada #canada #photographer #canadian geographic #hummingbird clearwing moth #moth #nature #insect

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vandaliatraveler · 9 months

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A hike in the Cheat River Canyon on a hazy, mid-summer day brings a great many rewards, both large and small.

From top: Fractured and pitted sandstone gives testimony to the canyon's ancient struggle with the elements; black cohosh (Actaea racemosa or Cimicifuga racemosa), whose towering flower spikes stalk the old woods like magical beings; the colorful rock harlequin (Corydalis sempervirens), an endangered fumitory that haunts the canyon's rocky outcrops; pinesap (Monotropa hypopitys), a parasitic plant closely related to Indian pipe; spotted St. John's wort (Hypericum punctatum), which is distinguished from the invasive St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) by the numerous black dots on its flowers and leaves; downy rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens), a shade-tolerant terrestrial orchid that favors oak-hickory woods; shrubby St. John's wort (Hypericum prolificum), a mounding, deciduous shrub of open, sandy woods; orange-fringed orchid (Platanthera ciliaris), a stunning late summer beauty of Appalachia's moist meadows and open woods; a hummingbird clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe) visiting a late-blooming milkweed; a silvery checkerspot (Chlosyne nycteis) drinking up the nectar of a butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa); an American green crab spider (Misumessus oblongus) stalking a black-eyed Susan for its next meal; a large milkweed bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) being perfectly beautiful on a lazy summer day; and last but not least, a hulking patch of eastern Jack-0'-lanterns (Omphalotus illudens), which contrary to what field guides say have never glowed in the dark for me (I love the toxic little beauties nonetheless).

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libraryofmoths · 1 year

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Moth of the Week

Hummingbird Clearwing Moth

Hemaris thysbe

The hummingbird clearwing moth is a part of the family Sphingidae or the hawkmoth family and was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. The name Hemaris Thysbe is thought to be a reference to Thisbe, one of the doomed lovers in Ovid's Metamorphoses, due to the color of Thisbe’s blood-stained scarf and the maroon color of the moth. Additionally, the name hummingbird clearwing is due to the humming noise created by the rapid flapping of the moth’s transparent wings.

Description The hummingbird clearwing moth typically has an olive green and maroon back with a white or yellow and maroon underside. It has pale legs and no stripes, which is how you tell this moth apart from other in its genus, Hemaris. Its wings are transparent with a maroon border. After hatching, the hummingbird clearwing’s wings are a fully opaque dark red to black. Then the wing’s scales fall off when the moth takes flight, resulting in a clear wing with maroon borders and visible veins. However, a moth’s color and wing patterning varies between individual moths. For example, moths born in the south or later in the mating season are darker in color, and different populations have varying wing border shapes.

Average wingspan of 4.75 cm (≈1.9 in)

Up to 70 wingbeats per second

Can fly up to 12 mph (≈19.3 kph)

Diet and Habitat When in their caterpillar stage, these moths eat the leaves of cherry trees, European cranberry bushes, hawthorns, dogbane, honeysuckle, and snowberry bushes. Adult hummingbird moths feed on the nectar from flowers such as the Wild Bergamot and beebalm, red clovers, lilacs, phloxs, snowberry, cranberry, blueberry, vetch and thistle. The hummingbird clearwing prefers purple and pink flowers. They use their long proboscis or feeding tube to collect nectar from the flowers while flying in front of it like a hummingbird.

The average proboscis is 20 mm (≈0.8 in)

These moths are the most common in southern Ontario and the eastern United States. Their habitat ranges from Alaska to Oregon in the west and from Newfoundland to Florida in the east. They migrate northward from April to August and southward in late spring and the fall. They inhabit forests, meadows, and suburban gardens.

Mating The hummingbird clearwing has two broods a year in the south, but only one in the north. Mating takes place in May and June as females attract males with pheromones produce from glands at the tip of the abdomen. Female hummingbird moths will lay 200 eggs that will hatch in only 6 to 8 days.

Predators Hummingbird moths and caterpillars in general are hunted by birds, mantids, spiders, bats. To help protect themselves, these types of moths resemble hummingbirds or bees to fool predators.

Fun Fact Adults hummingbird clearwing moths are most active during the hottest parts of the day and have no hearing abilities due to a lack of “hearing organs.”

(Source: Wikipedia, Life On CSG Pond, United States Department of Agriculture, Georgia Wildlife Federation, Beyond Pest Control)

#animals #bugs #facts #insects #libraryofmoths #moth #mothoftheweek #lepidoptera #Sphingidae #hummingbird clearwing moth #Hemaris thysbe

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wumbologyandecology · 8 months

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A hummingbird clearwing moth collecting nectar from beebalm (Monarda didyma)

#moths #hummingbird clearwing moth #monarda #ecology #native plants #vermont #pollinators #botany #lepidoptera #nature

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therian-and-otherkin-flags · 7 months

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Hello, I’ve read your pinned post.

I’d like to request a flag for the cecropia silk and hummingbird clearwing moths (maybe sensorykin aspects as well? Soft, music, etc…) if you want to/have the time. :)

Thank you!

Moodboard And Flag!!

Moodboard!!

Flags!!

Here you go! First request ever!!

I’m not all that familiar with sensorykin, so I apologize however I did attempt to incorporate that as well!!

Also, cecropia silk and hummingbird clearwing moths are very pretty!!

@fuzzytadpole

#Haylo’s Moodboards #Haylo’s Flags #whoops I accidentally did a moodboard so you get both! yay!#therian #Otherkin #sensorykin #cecropia silk moth #cecropia moth #mothkin #hummingbird clearwing #hummingbird clearwing moth #moodboard #therian moodboard #otherkin moodboard #sensorykin Moodboard #green moodboard #moodboards

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kursed-curtain · 1 year

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Sooo I got into some anime recently and My Hero Academia was one of them,,, so I made a MHA oc! (Three actually)

This is Kyouichi Mushiake! Their hero name isn't decided yet ^^

Quirk: Velvet Ant

With a tough exoskeleton and a wasp's sting, this quirk allows them to transform parts of the body into velvet ant features so they can utilize the ant's abilities.

Kyouichi is always reminding people that they're a wasp, not an ant lol

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These are Kyouichi's parents, Kanamori and Hirugatake Mushiake. Mom has the quirk Concrete Strength and Dad has the quirk Clearwing Moth!

#mha oc #my hero academia oc #my hero academia #traditional art #character design #my ocs #velvet ant #hummingbird clearwing moth #@kyouichi mushiake #@Hirugatake Mushiake #@Kanamori Mushiake

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k1llermustang · 6 months

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ya'll haven't lived until you've seen one of these with your own eyes. biggest "what the fuck is that" moment of my life and i've only seen them once and never again. i spent over a year trying to figure out what these were and it was jerma985 bug tier list video, of all things, that confirmed my search