When is a Hummingbird not a bird? When it is a Hummingbird Clearwing moth.
As part of my Jericho project page on iNatuarlist, I am observing life forms, particularly insects, in our one-acre yard in Jericho, Vermont. Below are some images of clearwings.
We are planting many shrubs (particularly caterpillar host plants), fruit, flowering plants, and trees, that are native to Vermont, and that attract insects, pollinators, birds, and other wildlife. I am curious to see if our insect and bird species observations increase as these plants get established over the next few years. The buttonbush, grey dogwood, serviceberry, and many others are getting established and looking good.
Email me [Bernie] if you wish to receive a (free) spreadsheet list of all of the Plants Native to Vermont and the birds, pollinators, (caterpillars on host plants) and others that some of them attract.
Snowberry Clearwing (Hemaris diffinis) viewed in Jericho, Vermont
View more insects and other life forms viewed in Jericho, Vermont on my iNaturalist Jericho project page @https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/jericho-vt
Also, I have a few more insect photos on a previous blog posting -https://jerichovermont.blogspot.com/2020/06/jericho-vt-pollinators-insects-photos.html
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