{"id":288,"date":"2014-09-28T08:50:35","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T14:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/?p=288"},"modified":"2015-05-06T07:56:29","modified_gmt":"2015-05-06T13:56:29","slug":"virginia-ctenucha-ctenucha-virginica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/?p=288","title":{"rendered":"Virginia ctenucha <em>(Ctenucha virginica)<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_289\" style=\"width: 230px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Virginia_ctenucha_01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-289\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-289\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Virginia_ctenucha_01-220x300.jpg\" alt=\"Virginia ctenucha\" width=\"220\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Virginia_ctenucha_01-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Virginia_ctenucha_01.jpg 529w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Bill Reynolds<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Virginia ctenucha <em>(Ctenucha virginica)<\/em>, \u00a0a common and widespread, colorful, medium-sized moth, is the largest wasp moth in North America. It is found from mid-June to late July in moist, open, grassy fields and meadows. Although it is a day-flying moth it is also attracted to lights at night.<\/p>\n<p>This and other Ctenuchid moths have three adaptations that help to protect them from predators: the metallic blue color of the body mimics wasps which may be noxious to predators; caterpillars retain toxic chemicals from the plants they eat; and a specialized region on the thorax produces ultrasonic sounds which jam the sonar of moth-eating bats.<\/p>\n<p>This species is identified by the incomplete yellowish-orange collar and the broad wings with no markings.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.minnesotaseasons.com\/Insects\/Virginia_ctenucha.html\" href=\"http:\/\/www.minnesotaseasons.com\/Insects\/Virginia_ctenucha.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.minnesotaseasons.com\/Insects\/Virginia_ctenucha.html<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/?p=288\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica), \u00a0a common and widespread, colorful, medium-sized moth, is the largest wasp moth in North America. It is found from mid-June to late July in moist, open, grassy fields and meadows. Although it is a day-flying moth it is also attracted to lights at night. This and other Ctenuchid moths have three [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[100,99],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":440,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions\/440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minnesotaseasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}