{"id":318,"date":"2023-08-05T16:35:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T20:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/?p=318"},"modified":"2023-08-05T16:35:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T20:35:43","slug":"a-hummingbird-clearwing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/2023\/08\/05\/a-hummingbird-clearwing\/","title":{"rendered":"A hummingbird clearwing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Since a snowberry clearwing featured in my previous post, I thought it fair to have a hummingbird clearwing (Hemaris thysbe<\/em>) be the subject of this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A hummingbird clearwing is the larger of the two hummingbird-type moth, about half again a large as a snowberry clearwing. And like the snowberry, the hummingbird clearwing is incredibly beautiful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Following are ten photos of hummingbird clearwings – all seen in my backyard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hummingbird clearwing (moth) over bee balm flowers.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The hummingbird clearwing is fond of butterfly bush flowers.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The hummingbird clearwing at another butterfly bush.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And so there you have it: Ten photos of a glorious daytime moth: a hummingbird clearwing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Since a snowberry clearwing featured in my previous post, I thought it fair to have a hummingbird clearwing (Hemaris thysbe) be the subject of this one. A hummingbird clearwing is the larger of the two hummingbird-type moth, about half again … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15],"tags":[23,22,69,66,5,14],"class_list":["post-318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moth","category-wildlife","tag-blossoms","tag-butterfly-bush","tag-hummingbird-clearwing","tag-hummingbird-moth","tag-photography","tag-wildlife"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318\/revisions\/332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lookoutnow.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}