{"id":13252,"date":"2020-05-06T06:31:20","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T10:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=13252"},"modified":"2020-05-06T06:31:20","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T10:31:20","slug":"snowberry-clearwing-moth-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=13252","title":{"rendered":"Snowberry Clearwing Moth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Snowberry Clearwing Moth, Kennebunk Plains Nature Conservancy. Kennebunk, Maine. \u2014 We had biking weather (above 60 degrees) over the weekend and I went out to the Kennebunk Plains Nature Conservancy. It has been the Kennebunk Plains Wildlife Management Area for several years, owned by the Nature Conservancy and managed by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, but evidently the Nature Conservancy has taken back the management duties this year, or so the new signs and gates would indicate. It is one of the few places where I often see Clearwing Moths. Last year I photographed the Hummingbird Clearwing on the Plains, and this weekend this Snowberry Clearwing was flying inches over the ground. At first I took it for one of those big ground bees, wood bees, bumble bees we get in spring but when I looked closer the clearwings were obvious. It appeared to laying eggs on the short stubble left form last September\u2019s prescribed burn. Sony Rx10iv at 600mm equivalent. Program mode with my custom birds and wildlife modifications. Processed in Polarr and Apple Photos. <\/p>\n

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