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Hi Angus and Rick=0AI've had hummingbird moths on my late rhodos.=0AThats a=
t Martins Point. About end of June or early July.=0AKnapweed not out here y=
et.=0Aso I guess they had to settle for something else.=0APaul=0A=0AFrom: A=
ngus MacLean <cold_mac@hotmail.com>=0ATo: naturens <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=
> =0ASent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 6:48:14 PM=0ASubject: [NatureNS] RE: Humm=
ingbird Clearwing Moths=0A=0A=0A=0AThat must have been quite the sight. Whe=
n we were in Northern Cape Breton the middle of the month, I found two humm=
ingbird moths on my sister-in-law's property & my wife noted several others=
at friends' places. It seemed odd that no one on naturens were reporting t=
hem but I did find one in South KIngs a few days ago. All of them were nect=
aring on knapweed which does not seem to hold the same attraction for butte=
rflies & other insects. At least in Cape Breton a few bumble bee species (B=
. vagans & B. ternarius) were fairly common on the knapweed. These two spec=
ies were much more common than here in Kings Co. where B. impatiens is more=
often encountered.=0A=0ASimilar to your experience, Rick, I have found=A0 =
it difficult to get a well-focused photo of these creatures.=0AAngus=0A=0A=
=0ADate: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:33:49 -0300=0ASubject: [NatureNS] Hummingbird =
Clearwing Moths=0AFrom: ideaphore@gmail.com=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=
=0A=0A=0AI observed a group of a dozen of these moths nectaring on a stand =
of Knapweed about 5 feet from the ocean at Wine Harbour Barachois, Guysboro=
ugh Co. =A0The photos were taken around 2PM, Sat July 21. The buzzing wings=
drove my camera's autofocus crazy.=0A=0AMoth on approach=A0with furled ton=
gue=0AMoth feeding=0A-- =0ARick Ballard =0ADartmouth,Nova Scotia, Canada
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auto"><SPAN style=3D"RIGHT: auto">I've had hummingbird moths on my late rh=
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auto"><SPAN style=3D"RIGHT: auto">Thats at Martins Point. About end of Jun=
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auto"><SPAN style=3D"RIGHT: auto">so I guess they had to settle for someth=
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<DIV dir=3Dltr>That must have been quite the sight. When we were in Norther=
n Cape Breton the middle of the month, I found two hummingbird moths on my =
sister-in-law's property & my wife noted several others at friends' pla=
ces. It seemed odd that no one on naturens were reporting them but I did fi=
nd one in South KIngs a few days ago. All of them were nectaring on knapwee=
d which does not seem to hold the same attraction for butterflies & oth=
er insects. At least in Cape Breton a few bumble bee species (B. vagans &am=
p; B. ternarius) were fairly common on the knapweed. These two species were=
much more common than here in Kings Co. where B. impatiens is more often e=
ncountered.<BR><BR>Similar to your experience, Rick, I have found it =
difficult to get a well-focused photo of these creatures.<BR>Angus<BR><BR>
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contenteditable=3D"false"></DIV>Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:33:49 -0300<BR>S=
ubject: [NatureNS] Hummingbird Clearwing Moths<BR>From: ideaphore@gmail.com=
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