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Hoverfly depositing egg on Epipactis helleborine which has ants farming aphids. An example of a well-known hoverfly maggot is the rat-tailed maggot of the drone fly, Eristalis tenax. It has a breathing siphon at its rear end, giving it its name. [6] The species lives in stagnant water, such as sewage and lagoons. [15]
Hummingbirds do not spend all day flying, as the energy cost would be prohibitive; the majority of their activity consists simply of sitting or perching. Hummingbirds eat many small meals and consume around half their weight in nectar (twice their weight in nectar, if the nectar is 25% sugar) each day. [189]
Hummingbirds are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings. They are the only birds that can fly backwards. Six species have been recorded in Illinois. Mexican violetear, Colibri thallasinus (A) Ruby-throated hummingbird, Archilochus colubris; Anna's hummingbird, Calypte anna (A)
Ruby-throated hummingbirds prefer visiting red and orange flowers, while rufous hummers are less picky. For artificial feeders, the bright color of the feeder itself can attract more hummingbirds.
Hummingbirds can remember their favorite feeding locations, and experts have shown that some hummingbirds have returned to the same spot year after year, according to Hummingbird Central. Where to ...
Hummingbirds cross Gulf of Mexico, travel more than 3,500 miles. About 20 of the world's 363 known hummingbird species call the U.S. home, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.. Most are ...
[17] [18] Although quantitative data are absent, it is likely that a sizable percentage of Anna's hummingbirds in the Pacific Northwest still do migrate south for winter, as of 2017. [18] Female Anna's hummingbird in nocturnal torpor during winter; −8 °C (18 °F), near Vancouver, British Columbia. The bird remained in torpor with an ...
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