{"id":37,"date":"2015-03-31T11:51:34","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T15:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mbsnews\/?p=37"},"modified":"2015-04-05T09:45:01","modified_gmt":"2015-04-05T13:45:01","slug":"hope-springs-eternal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mbsnews\/2015\/03\/31\/hope-springs-eternal\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope Springs Eternal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although it seems like this snowy, cold winter will never end, the first butterflies will be on the wing soon. \u00a0On a warm, sunny day, keep an eye out for a Mourning Cloak (shown below), an Eastern Comma or a Question Mark. \u00a0These butterflies hibernate as adults. \u00a0Once the air temperature warms a bit and the sun warms a butterfly\u2019s body, it takes to the air after a long winter\u2019s dormancy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mbsnews\/files\/2014\/12\/mourning-cloak.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-31\" src=\"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mbsnews\/files\/2014\/12\/mourning-cloak.jpg\" alt=\"Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa Washington County ME\" width=\"651\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mbsnews\/files\/2014\/12\/mourning-cloak.jpg 651w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mbsnews\/files\/2014\/12\/mourning-cloak-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Butterflies that overwinter as adults do not depend on nectar for sustenance. \u00a0Mourning Cloaks prefer to feed on tree sap, particular the sap of oak trees. \u00a0Rotting fruit is also a food source.<\/p>\n<p>Other adult hibernators include\u00a0Milbert\u2019s Tortoiseshell, Compton Tortoiseshell and all of our commas. \u00a0Any of these could be seen in April in Maine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although it seems like this snowy, cold winter will never end, the first butterflies will be on the wing soon. \u00a0On a warm, sunny day, keep an eye out for a Mourning Cloak (shown below), an Eastern Comma or a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mbsnews\/2015\/03\/31\/hope-springs-eternal\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[228026,227921,227633],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mbsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mbsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mbsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mbsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mbsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mbsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mbsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions\/46"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mbsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mbsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/mbsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}