The American Snout by CavalierLady

Photography • Insects • posted on May 15, 2015

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Meet the American Snout Butterfly (Libytheana carinenta). They are common to much of the southern US, Mexico and South America. They can hang upside down on a twig and become nearly invisible - excellent camouflage. They attract newspaper headlines when they migrate in huge numbers in southern TX. I'm just glad one meandered my way, as I had never seen one before. That long nose certainly made me do a double take! Detail better in zoom. Thanks very much for your views and comments.

Comments (15)

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kenmo

8:24AM | Fri, 15 May 2015

Fantastic macro....

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MrsRatbag

8:28AM | Fri, 15 May 2015

I've never seen these, or even heard of them, where have I been? Wonderful capture!

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bodo_56

9:42AM | Fri, 15 May 2015

An extraordinary butterfly! I wonder what's the purpose of its long nose ...? These beautiful white flowers make a wonderful contrast to the colors of the subject!

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Juliette.Gribnau

9:57AM | Fri, 15 May 2015

beautifully captured; I love the composition as the b'fly is sitting on top of the flower

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durleybeachbum

11:35AM | Fri, 15 May 2015

Gosh! What a Snozzle!

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jayfar

1:15PM | Fri, 15 May 2015

A wonderful zoom and quite different.

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miwi

2:49PM | Fri, 15 May 2015

Excellent close up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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kgb224

2:51PM | Fri, 15 May 2015

Amazing capture Maria. God bless.

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Richardphotos

5:20PM | Fri, 15 May 2015

very beautiful butterfly macro

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goodoleboy

7:43PM | Fri, 15 May 2015

Good heavens, with that long sharp snout, that beauty could punch a hole in the top of a beer can. Stellar capture of a variety of butterfly that I was completely unaware of, Maria.

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