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Long-tailed Skipper Larva (Urbanus proteus) At the edge of a dense mixed forest, on Desmodium sp.<br />
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Long-tailed Skipper Larva (Urbanus proteus)

At the edge of a dense mixed forest, on Desmodium sp.

Long-tailed Skipper Larva (Urbanus proteus) At the edge of a dense mixed forest, on Desmodium sp. <br />
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  1. That's one spectacular larva! Posted 6 years ago
    1. It is! Posted 6 years ago

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The Long-tailed Skipper is a spread-winged skipper butterfly found throughout tropical and subtropical South America, south to Argentina and north into the southern part of the United States of America. It cannot live in areas with prolonged frost.

Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Flown Kimmerling
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By Flown Kimmerling

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Uploaded Aug 5, 2019. Captured Aug 1, 2019 17:02 in 234 Oakman Rd NE, Ranger, GA 30734, USA.
  • Canon EOS 6D Mark II
  • f/5.6
  • 1/128s
  • ISO400
  • 100mm