{"id":1438,"date":"2014-06-06T16:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T16:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/?p=1438"},"modified":"2016-10-12T20:53:27","modified_gmt":"2016-10-12T20:53:27","slug":"cwfs-recent-visitor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/en\/cwfs-recent-visitor\/","title":{"rendered":"CWF’s Recent Visitor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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our cecropia moth visitor with its feathery antennae, soft fuzzy legs and body and beautiful patterning on its wings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This week our headquarters had a great surprise – a visit from a cecropia moth. One of Canada’s largest moths, their wingspan\u00a0can\u00a0be approximately 15 cm wide!\u00a0Our moth\u00a0conveniently stayed put\u00a0for 2 days, first on the ground and then hanging in a small\u00a0ash tree mixed with our elms and maples.\u00a0CWF’s facebook post on it got tons of attention, so we thought a few more photos and facts would be good!<\/p>\n

Cecropia moths (Hyalophora cecropia) <\/em>only live for a week or two as adults, with their sole purpose being mating and laying eggs.\u00a0Adult moths don’t have mouth parts and never eat. They are native from Alberta to Nova Scotia and can be found around maple, apple, birch and poplar trees, among others, where they lay their eggs and caterpillars feed.<\/p>\n

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cecropia moth – you can see its eyes and feathery antennae<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I love how you can see its eyes which are dark bluish looking.<\/p>\n

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cecropia moth – its belly is intricately patterned!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Check out all the\u00a0photos and comments on our facebook page<\/a>, too!<\/p>\n

[PHOTOS : CWF]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This week our headquarters had a great surprise – a visit from a cecropia moth. One of Canada’s largest moths, their wingspan\u00a0can\u00a0be approximately 15 cm wide!\u00a0Our moth\u00a0conveniently stayed put\u00a0for 2…<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[631,641],"tags":[546,352,547,545],"class_list":["post-1438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connect-with-nature","category-gardening","tag-cecropia-moth","tag-cwf-demonstration-garden","tag-hyalophora-cecropia","tag-moth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1438"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1449,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1438\/revisions\/1449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}