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Polillas Esfinge (Familia Sphingidae)

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shivajmc12

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Julio 21, 2019 a las 04:37 TARDE IST

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Clearwing Hummingbird Moth gets a second look as a Humming Bird in India

In India, we can’t get to see Humming Bird but it’s a natural gift that Hummingbird moth filled the blank space in #Indian History by its owned mimic power.

The hummingbird moth is a species of moth. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. As of 2018, its entire genome and mitogenome have been sequenced.

At first sight, it’s easy to mistake a hummingbird moth for a tiny hummingbird. It feeds on the nectar of flowers, hovering with the body stationary, its transparent wings beating so fast as to be nearly invisible, and a long proboscis protruding beaklike into the blossom. In-flight, the wings create a soft buzzing, also like a hummingbird.

Lovely crimson color on the fuzzy body first. The cream, the crimsons, olive-green, orange should have clashed and looked cheesy but didn’t. The delicate tail feathers spread out like the tail of a lobster. The clear wings of the moth looked like Clear glass. This shedding of scales leaves the wings clear with a hint of reddish-brown color along the edges.

Hummingbird moths are members of the sphinx moth family (Sphingidae), which have heavy bodies and long front wings. The wings of hummingbird moths are clear, with a black or brown border, and are nearly invisible when they fly. Males have a flared “tail” like that of a hovering hummingbird. The ruby-throated hummingbird can be 3” long. Hummingbird moths are much smaller at 1-1/2” long. The hummingbird clearwing (Hemaris thysbe) It has an olive back, a red-brown abdomen, and pale legs. The snowberry clearwing (Hemaris diffinis) is usually yellow and black, with black legs. It also has a black line running through its eyes and down its sides. Hummingbird moths fly during the day. They can be found in a wide variety of habitats, including open meadows, forest edges. They feed on flower nectar, dipping in a long thin proboscis. Hummingbird moths lay their eggs on plants. They pupate in a thin cocoon in leaf litter, where they remain during the cold months, emerging as moths in late spring or early summer to visit flowers during the warm months. Adult hummingbird moths feed on nectar.

Fuentes: : Átomo