{"id":170,"date":"2021-08-19T15:14:24","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T15:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/?p=170"},"modified":"2021-08-19T15:14:24","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T15:14:24","slug":"some-cool-insects-found-where-i-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/some-cool-insects-found-where-i-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Cool Insects Found Where I Live!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Luna Moth (<em>Actias Luna<\/em>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of these beautiful silk moths landed on my pants leg and stayed there while I was walking early in the morning. It&#8217;s wingspan was about 10 cm. or 4 in. across and it was a male. I am not sure why it was there because they are attracted to light and I was wearing drab green pants, but it was really pretty. I let it go as they are short-lived creatures who do not have the necessary mouth parts to eat. They only mate in their adult form<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cicada Killer Wasps (<em>Sphecius speciosus<\/em>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This wasp captures a cicada, paralyzes it, brings it back to her burrow, places it in a nest cell, lays eggs in it, and, when the eggs hatch, the grub eats the cicada. These wasps do not kill enough cicadas to be a threat to their population, but have a very efficient way of surviving. They cannot sting a person, but can bite with their large jaws. However, they try not to hurt humans even though they might accept a ride if they are tired and you offer them a lift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Devil&#8217;s Horse (<em>Romalea microptera<\/em>):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These big black or green and red lined grasshoppers usually eat grass and weeds, but can get into ornamental plants and crops. They can be up to 3 inches long, are sluggish, and do not bite. They just move along eating and breeding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Luna Moth (Actias Luna): One of these beautiful silk moths landed on my pants leg and stayed there while I was walking early in the morning. It&#8217;s wingspan was about 10 cm. or 4 in. across and it was a male. I am not sure why it was there because they are attracted to&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more navbutton\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/some-cool-insects-found-where-i-live\/\">Read More<i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":""},"categories":[],"tags":[291,335],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1521,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170\/revisions\/1521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.smoth.net\/Krystal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}