It’s a Bug…a Hummingbird…No, Wait…It’s a Moth!

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The hummingbird hawk-moth is a species of hawk moth, which is named due to its striking similarity to hummingbirds. Hawk moths are numerous species in a family of moths, all distinguished by their agile and sustained flying ability.

They are most common across Europe and Asia, with some populations appearing in the northern countries of Africa. Like many other types of hawk moths, the hummingbird hawk moth relies on flowers as their main food source.

Hummingbird hawk-moths can be found in gardens, meadows, parks and woodlands where there are nectar-rich flowers that it diets upon. Their favorite plants are is Galium (bedstraw) and Rubia (wild madder), as well as red valerian, honeysuckle, jasmine, Buddleia, lilac, Escallonia, petunia and phlox.

Interesting Hummingbird Hawk-Moth Facts

Yes, they are a moth.

It’s easy to mistake these incredible animals as birds, but as their name (half) suggests, they are moths. But not like your usual moth that comes out at night.

They are a day-flying moth, with an appearance of tail feathers, and the ability to fly and feed like a hummingbird! They are pretty to look at, which can be unlike other moths!

They are also far more robust than your usual moth or butterfly, capable of feeding from flowers even in the rain.

They’re not the same as hummingbird mothsWhen it comes to common names, things can get tricky. However, it’s important to know that hummingbird moths and hummingbird hawk-moths aren’t the same thing!The hummingbird hawk-moth is known by the scientific name Macroglossum stellatarum. As a result, it is in the genus Macroglossum. This species in particular finds its home in the region known as the Old World, which is made up of Europe, Asia, and Africa.The hummingbird moth, however, is in a completely different genus, Hemaris. They are still a member of the Sphingidae family, though, making them distantly related to hummingbird hawk moths. This species is more common in the New World, which includes North and South America.

They’re a prime example of convergent evolution.

If you watch a hummingbird hawk-moth eat, you may notice that they’re extremely similar to a hummingbird. They use their long straw-like mouthpiece, known as a proboscis, to suck the nectar out of flowers.

This is the ability to move rapidly from side-to-side while hovering.It’s thought this ability evolved to help evade ambush predators that lay awaiting them in flowers. They can in an instant side-step any danger!

Their wings beat at 70-80 times a second. They even emit an audible humming noise as they hover over plants.

They have a routine.

Most of the time, when you see insects like moths, butterflies, and bees flying around, it doesn’t seem like they have a plan. When they land, it seems random, and they don’t appear to have a preference for certain flowers. However, that’s not always true.

Hummingbird hawk-moths do what is known as trap-lining. This means that they are thought to return to the same flower beds around the same time each and every day.

They have also demonstrated a preference for certain types of flowers.

Their favorite flowers are those with longer, tube-like shapes.

Everything is nature faces competition. This is because there are simply not enough resources to support everything. Trees have to compete for sunlight, animals for space and food – this is the circle of life in the wilderness.

As a result, hummingbird hawk-moths tend to favor flowers where they face the least amount of competition. For deeper, narrower plants, it can be difficult for insects like bees to reach the nectar inside. However, the hummingbird hawk-moth is able to utilize its long proboscis to reach the food source within.

Hummingbird hawk-moths see better with less eyes.

Like many other types of insects, the hummingbird hawk-moth has several eyes, more than the two we are used to seeing on animals.

However, as far as multi-eye insects come, the hummingbird hawk-moth is actually on the end of the spectrum with fewer eyes. Their eyes are more complex, though, allowing them to see more.

They’re named for the appearance of their larvae.

The hummingbird hawk-moth is a part of the family Sphingidae, which is made up of all types of hawk moths, also known as Sphinx moths.

This is because of the fact that young hawk-moths, before they become moths at all, look like the ancient Egyptian cat.

We know their entire genome.

Since they were discovered, genetics has also been a topic of intrigue in the science community.

The hummingbird hawk-moth was first described in the 1700s, when nomenclature, or scientific names, emerged. As of 2018, we’ve been able to completely understand their genome. This means that we know all of their genes!

Hummingbird hawk moths are considered a sign of good luck.

These tiny insects have a big message packed in their little body. Around the world, many cultures consider the hummingbird hawk-moth as a symbol of good luck.

This goes along with the usual meaning for moths overall, which can be linked to transformation and change.

Source: FactAnimal.com

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  3. MAGA 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵
    @MAGAoriginalist
    DeSanctimonious took a jab at Trump, saying he raises money just for himself.

    Reality check:

    Trump raised $350 million in the 2022 election cycle for GOP candidates & committees, and spent over $16.4 million of his own small-donor-funded war chest.

    DeSanctus had $200 million from mega donors, double the amount of Trump’s war chest, but didn’t spend a dime on any national candidate.

    Straight up projection.

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      1. reading that his downfall is his wife. she WANTS the WH…another dr jill
        she’s a “disney princess” and she wants the grand spotlight…
        shrug…dunno

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  6. EXCERPT: “The World Health Organization’s World Health Assembly will convene from May 21st through the 30th in the globalist Mecca of Geneva, Switzerland, to discuss the proposed “pandemic treaty” as well as amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR).

    Countless analysts have cautioned that the ratification of either, let alone both, would devastate or even completely strip away sovereignty from nation-states and place public health decision-making power in the hands of the WHO and its director-general.

    Unsurprisingly, you have the Biden administration recently affirming its commitment to finalizing the treaty, and naturally, The Associated Press (AP) reported the treaty would “not threaten national sovereignty”, which is a huge red flag.

    Despite the propagandists at AP’s attempts to shield their narrative, some experts warn the public should be more concerned about the proposed IHR amendments —which seem likely to be adopted— as they would give the WHO unprecedented power over national governments and override national sovereignty.

    According to author and researcher James Roguski, these two proposals would morph the WHO from an advisory organization to a defacto world government whose edicts would become legally binding. They also would greatly expand the scope and reach of the IHR, institute a system of global health certificates and “passports” and allow the WHO to mandate medical examinations, quarantine, and treatment.”

    https://badlands.substack.com/p/behold-a-trojan-horse

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  7. Clearly, not going to warm up much here today….it’s mostly sunny but a chilly west wind…up to 62 and it probably won’t get a whole lot warmer. Yet we’re looking at almost 90 one day next week, allegedly! Typical!

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  8. we think we might have lost some of the tomato plants during the 2 nights of frost.
    the marigolds, geraniums, pepper plants and the cherry tomato plant all look great, but the bigger tomato plants look almost dead. we may replace those this weekend

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      1. they look progressively worse tbh…
        hubby watered them last evening when the sun went behind the trees but they ddn’t bounce back

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        2. Oh, I should send you some of my Heritage beefsteak tomato seeds!!! You can save and dry the seeds, if you’re interested. I tried a couple of them, starting the seeds inside, then planted them in one of my barrels. They came up nicely – IIRC, tho, it was a really wet spring/early summer and they had rot on the bottoms of the tomatoes.

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          1. hubby really wanted the cherry tomatoes but the garden place only had one of those left so he bought “primo” (iirc) tomatoes which she said would be big.
            how big are your heritage ones?

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            1. VERY big! They are true beefsteaks. Had it been planted in the ground, I have no doubt it would have done much, much better. Like I said, most of them were rotted on the bottom but I did eat a few of them and they were delish! The instructions say to start them indoors, then transplant outside, leaving 30-36″ between plants so they must get REALLY big.

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  10. Joey Mannarino
    @JoeyMannarinoUS
    UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS:

    Men are not women.

    Women are not men.

    Dylan Mulvaney is not a woman.

    Rachel Levine is not a woman.

    Lia Thomas is not a woman.

    Joe Biden is senile.

    Dianne Feinstein is being abused by the Democrats and Nancy Pelosi’s daughter is her crypt-keeper.

    Adam Schiff lies way more than George Santos and about way worse things, and he gets paid to do it.

    Karine Jean-Pierre is an insult to women and to lesbians.

    January 6 was not an insurrection.

    The 2020 election was bogus, that’s why they care what you think.

    Masks never worked.

    The vaccine didn’t work the way they said it did.

    BLM was a cash grab and a scam.

    Bud Light is made from the semen of transgenders.

    Kamala Harris gives better head than Stormy Daniels.

    John Fetterman is a corpse.

    Did I leave anything out?

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  11. Hmmm….interesting….

    “Was the leak of Zelensky’s alleged plan to blow up the Druzhba oil pipeline a warning to the increasingly desperate Ukrainian leader? The Washington Post’s leak regarding Zelensky’s plan to blow up the Druzhba pipeline had two obvious recipients, Magyar Hírlap’s Zsolt Sütő-Nagy writes”
    May 19, 2023
    editor: REMIX NEWS author: ZSOLT SÜTŐ-NAGY via: MAGYAR HÍRLAP

    (Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky leaves his meeting with Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, at Chequers, the prime minister’s official country residence, in Aylesbury, England, Monday, May 15, 2023. (Carl Court/Pool via AP)

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “In the last few days, we have learned unexpectedly that a friend of our friends wanted to blow up the vital Druzhba oil pipeline that supplies Hungary. There is nothing surprising in this, we might say, because if the equally vital Nord Stream pipelines could be blown up in the Baltic Sea, then the Friendship pipeline through Ukraine could even more easily be blown up, and then the world could have heard that it was disguised Russians who had carried out the operation.

    However, it is intriguing why saboteurs chose this moment, and why the Washington Post, which usually paints Hungary in a not-very-friendly light, should have published the information leaked from the Pentagon about Ukrainian President Zelensky’s plans. It is undisputed that the Biden administration benefited the most from the news coming to light, but it is doubtful whether the message was addressed to Zelensky or to Hungary.

    Mostly, of course, it was both. The documents made it clear to the ever-demanding, ever-threatening Ukrainian president that Washington has ears and eyes everywhere, that information from his inner circle is reaching overseas, that he is essentially on a short leash, and that he can be destroyed at any moment.

    All this is borne out by the angry interview with Zelensky that the Washington Post first published and then deleted parts of the next day. It is precisely the passages that underpin the Ukrainian military leader’s unease and incomprehension that have been deleted, which show precisely that Zelensky is deeply concerned about a move he himself knows could only have been ordered at the highest level.

    He has made it clear to the world that he is not in control, that his plans can only be implemented with the approval of others. Let us have no doubt that, if it is up to him, this pipeline will also go the way of the Nord Stream pipeline, causing Hungary serious inconvenience.

    However, the United States, which is fond of regularly asserting its superiority, has stamped out the plan, which in turn sends us Hungarians a message. It is not as if the U.S. has been holding back up until now; its ambassador in Budapest regularly tells us that his boss expects something different from us, but a line has now been crossed.

    Biden is already fed up with the Hungarian government’s talk of a ceasefire and peace talks, but to use Pope Francis’ visit to do this and to talk to Patriarch Kirill’s confidant in Budapest for 20 minutes in private, that’s calling into question Washington’s influence. To top it all off, Zelensky has also visited the pope, for which he does not appear to have been authorized by President Biden, but a little leak will let everyone know who’s really in charge.”

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  12. Bush’s Brother Has Contract to Help Chinese Chip Maker
    NOV. 27, 2003

    https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-nov-27-na-neilbush27-story.html

    WASHINGTON — Neil Bush, a younger brother of President Bush, has a $400,000-a-year contract to provide business advice to a Chinese computer chip manufacturer, according to court documents.

    At the same time the Bush administration is promising to crack down on alleged trade abuses by the Chinese, Neil Bush has agreed to strategize with China’s Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., the documents show.

    While there is no indication he has done anything improper, Bush’s arrangement could attract attention during a presidential election cycle in which Chinese business practices have become a hot-button issue.

    “There’s certainly the appearance of influence being sought,” said Charles W. McMillion, a Washington business consultant who advised a congressional commission on U.S.-China policy. “If nothing else, it doesn’t look good.”

    The younger Bush’s relationship with Grace Semiconductor, first reported in the Houston Chronicle, is detailed in a two-page contract filed as part of divorce proceedings between Neil and Sharon Bush. The divorce was finalized in April.

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  15. Lauren Boebert
    @laurenboebert
    There are nearly 10 million job openings nationwide, but without work requirements on government assistance, they’ll remain open.

    We have the man power in America to fill these jobs, we just aren’t incentivizing people to take them.

    Many would rather sit home and collect a check. That shouldn’t be allowed.

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    1. the replies to this tweet are staggering…
      examples–those people are on ss…and disabled.
      let the immigrants work–they’ll do the jobs americans won’t
      $7.50 an hour is not a living wage…

      when i was in high school–I worked at a fast food restaurant and we had 2 seniors working part time to supplement their ss.
      if americans can’t live on $7.50 an hour–how will an illegal?
      many people recognize you NEED SKILLS to obtain better wages–you CANNOT SIT ON YOUR ASS PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND BE ON THE INTERNET ALL DAY LONG and expect t earn a decent wage!
      GROW UP

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  16. Alrighty then – still fighting this connection issue – after much back and forth, running Windows diagnostics (problem w/wireless adaptor or access point – fixed; a network cable is not plugged in or may be broken). I’ve unplugged/replugged at least a dozen times in varying combinations and it is ALWAYS the power cord on the router, which hasn’t been right from the beginning. So I’ll just have to live with it being on/off thru out the day until they get up here with the new router.

    Jerry picked up my mower a little while ago – hope he can get the bushings since he said he didn’t have any. The yard spraying guy called to schedule spraying for weeds but the grass in half of the back yard may be too long. If it is, he will come back next week sometime. Hopefully, I’ll have the mower back and the yard will be ready.

    Oh, and, since I refuse to fly my US flag until we have a legitimate President (altho I considered flying it upside down, which the neighbors would NOT like at all, I reckon), I decided I’m going to order a Trump flag to hang up. That’s the ticket!!!! It looks so bare w/o a flag there…..

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      2. OK – I ordered a red 3 X 5 flag: “Trump – 2024 – Save America Again” from the Official 2024 election campaign site….I didn’t delve into figuring out if it is a “real” campaign site – price was right, the flag I wanted, for $30.90 w/shipping.

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  17. sunnydaze
    May 19, 2023 3:23 pm

    ….”A Democrat senator introduced legislation that would create a federal agency that would censor Americans’ speech for “misinformation” and “hate speech” reasons. Think of this as a federal ministry of truth.

    The bill, brought forth by Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), is titled the Digital Platform Commission Act (DPCA). He claims his proposed legislation would “create an expert federal body empowered to provide comprehensive, sector-specific regulation of digital platforms to protect consumers, promote competition, and defend the public interest.”………..

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/05/democrat-senator-introduces-ministry-truth-bill-that-would/
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    sunnydaze
    sunnydaze
    May 19, 2023 3:24 pm
    Reply to sunnydaze

    How stupid do you need to be, in America, to introduce legislation that violates the Constitution?

    — Harmeet K. Dhillon (@pnjaban) May 19, 2023

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  18. j x
    May 19, 2023 3:10 pm

    Printer Error Turns Every Registered Voter In Republican Majority Nassau County, NY Democrat

    https://nypost.com/2023/05/16/deja-blue-printers-flub-makes-every-nassau-county-voter-a-dem/
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    Nycjoe
    Nycjoe
    May 19, 2023 3:39 pm
    Reply to j x

    I will ask the obvious question – Why do all these errors ALWAYS seem to default to favor the Dems ? I have never ever heard of any of these default errors ever favoring Republicans . Could there possibly be reason a for that…perhaps ?

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    1. Good for them! BTW, those idiot Orioles!!! TWO Oriole nectar feeders out by the garden beds and where does he drink? The Hummer feeder under the eaves!!! It can be comical sometimes watching the newbies trying to figure out how to get to the jelly inside the cage! And the males ALWAYS take longer to learn!!!

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  21. “This strange rectangular sunset was captured @ Spring, TX this past weekend after heavy storms. Amazing!”

    “Aurora blobs – Completely new proton auroras… On 23 April 2023, mysterious “aurora blobs” stunned observers across Europe. According to space physicist Toshi Nishimura of Boston University, these strange auroras, which had never been seen before, were identified as “proton auroras” originating from Earth’s ring current system.

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  22. “California Officials Investigating Loss of 30-Ton Shipment of Explosive Chemicals”
    Ted Goldberg
    May 16

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “Some 60,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a chemical used as both fertilizer and a component in explosives, went missing as it was shipped by rail from Wyoming to California last month, prompting four separate investigations. A railcar loaded with 30 tons of the chemical left Cheyenne, Wyoming, on April 12. The car was found to be empty after it arrived two weeks later at a rail stop in the Mojave Desert, according to a short incident report from the explosives firm that made the shipment.

    The company, Dyno Nobel, made the report May 10 to the federal National Response Center, or NRC. The report also appeared last week in an NRC database of California incidents managed by the state Office of Emergency Services last Wednesday. Ammonium nitrate is commonly used as fertilizer. It’s also an ingredient in high explosives and was used in the homemade bomb detonated in the 1995 attack on the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.

    Dyno Nobel says it believes the material — transported in pellet form in a covered hopper car similar to those used to ship coal — fell from the car on the way to a rail siding (a short track connecting with the main track) called Saltdale about 30 miles from the town of Mojave in eastern Kern County. “The railcar was sealed when it left the Cheyenne facility, and the seals were still intact when it arrived in Saltdale. The initial assessment is that a leak through the bottom gate on the railcar may have developed in transit,” the company said through a spokesperson.

    A Federal Railroad Administration representative, though, says the investigation points to one of the hopper car gates not being properly closed.

    Dyno Nobel says the trip lasted two weeks and included multiple stops. The company says it had “limited control” over the railcar as Union Pacific moved it through the country. It says the railcar is being transported back to Wyoming for inspection. And it says it hopes to understand how the shipment was lost and will work to prevent something similar happening again.

    The Federal Railroad Administration, the California Public Utilities Commission, Union Pacific and Dyno Nobel are investigating the incident, according to their representatives. Congress passed a law in 2007 to regulate the sale and transfer of ammonium nitrate to prevent its use in acts of terrorism. The Department of Homeland Security issued proposed regulations in 2011 (PDF) but stopped short of formally adopting them.”

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      1. It was the smoke from Canada – I’m guessing the fire had reached and burned a structure; the smell changed later and didn’t have that plastic smell any more. Presumably, the structure either burned down or it was put out.

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  25. “That’s Suzanne Christiansen in the photo, John Christiansen is the photographer…Photo is from the Jan 1981 issue of National Geographic, pg 24… They are 33 miles/53 km away from the eruption, so everything is happening in complete silence, it will take almost 2.5 minutes for the sound to reach them…. The first photo was taken about 10 seconds after the start of the eruption… By this point the eruption has claimed its first victim, Harry R. Truman ‘the man who wouldn’t leave’ has been buried by the avalanche caused by the collapse of the north face of the volcano…”

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  30. Ted Cruz
    @tedcruz
    Rachael Rollins committed “one of the most egregious Hatch Act violations that OSC has investigated.”

    Not only was she a Soros prosecutor, she was the single most extreme US Attorney in the country!

    While her resignation is a major victory, the fact the Biden DOJ declined to prosecute her underscores how they have one standard for their friends and another standard for everyone else.

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  40. this is an interesting theory

    pgroup2
    pgroup2(@pgroup2)Online
    Coyote
    Reply to prognosticatasaurusrex
    May 19, 2023 17:27

    Durham’s report is not about unearthing facts [it did some of that]. It’s about setting up the case to be made.

    He has vetted/authenticated most if not all of the evidence the future trial team will need to go after the thugs. He has gathered virtually all of it in a cohesive concise format, making a lengthy investigation unnecessary. And it is all admissible including what was used in the two trials.

    He knew if he started the prosecutions himself, Garland would yank his security clearance and possibly his authority to prosecute. That would accomplish nothing of value to the good guys. So he went right up to the line and left it for the DJT DoJ to initiate.

    Mike Davis already has confirmed that he will be the immediate acting AG on 1/20/25. I imagine one of his first acts will be to file charges on a bunch of the Big Elites, using Durham’s prep work as foundation for the indictments.

    5-D chess at its finest IMO. And he did it all on prior administration’s budgets.

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    2. And it just crossed my mind – I reminded people that he was basically appointed by Sessions and I realized, Sessions knows what he’s doing….holy cow! Jerry’s already back with my mower!!

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  42. I am adding a short daily prayer to the board. I would invite each of you, if you wish, to also add one or maybe two of your own liking. I do not want to stifle anyone but please limit yourself to one or two religious postings. here’s one I found that I liked.

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