{"id":6227,"date":"2017-09-12T18:59:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T18:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=6227"},"modified":"2017-09-12T18:59:35","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T18:59:35","slug":"hemaris-thysbe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=6227","title":{"rendered":"HEMARIS THYSBE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><i>Hemaris thysbe<\/i>, commonly known as the\u00a0hummingbird clearwing, is a \u00a0moth\u00a0of the hawkmoth family. Coloration varies between individuals, but typically the moth is olive green and burgundy on its back, and white or yellow and burgundy on the underside. Its wings are transparent with a reddish-brown border. It has light-colored legs, which combined with the lack of striping on the underside is diagnostic. Beating its wings rapidly,\u00a0<i>H. thysbe<\/i>\u00a0hovers to collect nectar from a variety of flowers. The combination of its appearance, size and its behavior commonly leads to it being confused with a hummingbird or bumblee.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The following images were shot during a recent visit to the extreme south of Ontario.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HEARIS-THYSBE-1-of-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6228\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HEARIS-THYSBE-1-of-1.jpg\" alt=\"HEARIS THYSBE (1 of 1)\" width=\"4768\" height=\"3316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HEARIS-THYSBE-1-of-1.jpg 4768w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HEARIS-THYSBE-1-of-1-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HEARIS-THYSBE-1-of-1-1024x712.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4768px) 100vw, 4768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HEARIS-THYSBE-2-1-of-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6229\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HEARIS-THYSBE-2-1-of-1.jpg\" alt=\"HEARIS THYSBE 2 (1 of 1)\" width=\"4978\" height=\"3358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HEARIS-THYSBE-2-1-of-1.jpg 4978w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HEARIS-THYSBE-2-1-of-1-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HEARIS-THYSBE-2-1-of-1-1024x691.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4978px) 100vw, 4978px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HEARIS-THYSBE-3-1-of-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HEARIS-THYSBE-3-1-of-1.jpg\" alt=\"HEARIS THYSBE 3 (1 of 1)\" width=\"1993\" height=\"1648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HEARIS-THYSBE-3-1-of-1.jpg 1993w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HEARIS-THYSBE-3-1-of-1-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HEARIS-THYSBE-3-1-of-1-1024x847.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1993px) 100vw, 1993px\" \/><\/a><strong>This image clearly shows the transparency in the wings.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HEARIS-THYSBE-4-1-of-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6238\" src=\"http:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HEARIS-THYSBE-4-1-of-1.jpg\" alt=\"HEARIS THYSBE 4 (1 of 1)\" width=\"1993\" height=\"1648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HEARIS-THYSBE-4-1-of-1.jpg 1993w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HEARIS-THYSBE-4-1-of-1-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HEARIS-THYSBE-4-1-of-1-1024x847.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1993px) 100vw, 1993px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hemaris thysbe, commonly known as the\u00a0hummingbird clearwing, is a \u00a0moth\u00a0of the hawkmoth family. Coloration varies between individuals, but typically the moth is olive green and burgundy on its back, and white or yellow and burgundy on the underside. Its wings &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/?p=6227\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nature","category-touring"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6227"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6239,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6227\/revisions\/6239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bilyreid.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}