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| Hummingbird Clearwing Moth |
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| This moth looks so much like hummingbirds! They have that same shade of green, whitish tums, are the same size and shape, and they both zoom around, slurping nectar from tubular flowers. While the adults of the Sphinx Moth family, what Clearwing moths are in, all have the same shape and behavior, but clearwings are rare in that they are daytime flyers, like hummingbirds. This is convergent evolution- two separate lineages evolving to occupy the same, successful niche |
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| My dad really wanted to go to Washington Park today, specifically the area were my family and I saw hummingbird clearwings last year (see here and here). So dad asked me to check Love of Bugs when we saw them, and it was right around now. And we saw tons of them |
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| Clearwing Moths are really attracted to Wild Bergamot, along with beetles, bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. It is also very hardy and, like all native prairie plants, thrives in charred soil. Exceptional pollinator plant! |
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| Wheeee!!!!!! |
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| Such an incredible insect |
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| Golden Northern (aka Yellow) Bumble Bee. We saw one here at Washington Park last year. This trip, we saw five. We have also been seeing tons of them at Palmisano Park. This threatened species is making a comeback!!! |
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| Slurrrrrrrp |
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| Dramatic shot, with a Brown-belted Bumbler photobomber. |
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| A less dramatic shot of the same bee species in focus with the same bee species photobomber. The bees are even in the same position: the Yellow Bumbler in curled up drinking nectar, while the brown-belt is crash landing into a flower |
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| Cutie-pie |
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| Eastern Carpenter Bee, a close relative of bumblers |
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| Brown-belt and a Eastern Carpenter |
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| Aw, cute Common Eastern Bumbler |
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| Eastern Carpenter with one of those tiny beetles that really like wild bergamot on it |
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| Brown-belted bumbler |
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| Macro of an Eastern Carpenter Bee |
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