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American Snout Butterfly This is the only place I have seen this species.  Its front legs are modified in a way that make it look like it has four legs and a long snout!  The first one found me a few months before, when I put my bike down to look at something else, and it thought my gears were a good place to land.  This particular individual was one of many in the area the day it was taken. American snout or common snout butterfly,Geotagged,Libytheana carinenta,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

American Snout Butterfly

This is the only place I have seen this species. Its front legs are modified in a way that make it look like it has four legs and a long snout! The first one found me a few months before, when I put my bike down to look at something else, and it thought my gears were a good place to land. This particular individual was one of many in the area the day it was taken.

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The American snout is a member of the Libytheinae subfamily, in the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae. This species is found in both North and South America. The larval host plants are ''Celtis'' spp. on which the eggs are laid singly.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Meryl Green
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By Meryl Green

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Uploaded Feb 5, 2015. Captured Aug 9, 2014 12:02 in 21940 Ranch Road, Astatula, FL 34705, USA.
  • Canon EOS REBEL T3
  • f/7.1
  • 1/320s
  • ISO100
  • 250mm