Monarch Butterfly Garden
"..gardening to support butterflies, hummingbirds, moths, and bees"
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Secret night operations between #hawkmoths and Japan's black-nectar flowers https://phys.org/news/2026-04-exposing-secret-night-hawkmoths-japan.html
Black juice in the dark: #Pollination of dark-nectared Jasminanthes mucronata (Apocynaceae) by nocturnal hawkmoths https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ecy.70370
"nocturnal #moths are the main #pollinators of Jasminanthes mucronata, a plant species native to Japan that produces black nectar. This is the first time that a colored nectar flower has been confirmed to be mainly pollinated by nocturnal #insects."
Researchers uncover 10 new moth species and 7 new genera in Hawaiʻi
"Among the discoveries is Paalua leleole, a species in which the female moths appear unable to fly. Several of the new moths were named to honor Hawai’ian culture, including Iliahia lilinoe, named for Lilinoe, the goddess of mists on the Haleakalā volcano, on the island of Maui."
3-Apr-2026
Secret night operations between #moths and colored-nectar flowers
Nocturnal #hawkmoths found to pollinate #flowers that produce colored #nectar for the first time
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1122197 #science #ecology #pollinators
Researchers Soma Chiyoda, Ko Mochizuki, and Atsushi Kawakita from the University of Tokyo have discovered that nocturnal hawkmoths are the main pollinators of Jasminanthes mucronata, a plant species native to Japan that produces black nectar. This is the first time that a colored-nectar flower is confirmed to be mainly pollinated by nocturnal insects. The discovery thus promotes further research into this so far unexplored ecology. The findings were published in the journal Ecology.
#MothOfTheDay is a little spring beauty. Thought I had just the usuals last night, but then this was on the wall nearby
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Anticlea derivata
A geometer moth (ie, lies flat against a surface). More flighty and won't sit on fingers like noctuids! Pretty common and larvae feed on dog-rose.
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On the #DailyWalk, I noticed that the wild plums have suddenly started blooming. Two warm (hot) days hurried them along.
The pollinators have also noticed -- in this case, a bee and small moth.
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