American Snout Butterfly

by Kerri Farley

Title

American Snout Butterfly

Artist

Kerri Farley

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Photograph - Photography

Description

An American Snout Butterfly
resting in a thorny spot.
I have to admit to being
quite thrilled in seeing one of
these....it's not everyday you
see a butterfly with a snout!

Wikipedia tells me:
"The American snout or common snout butterfly (Libytheana carinenta) is a member of the subfamily Libytheinae in the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. This species is found in both North and South America. The larval host plants are Celtis species on which the eggs are laid singly. Massive migrations of this species often attract attention in the Texas and Mexican newspapers.
Snout butterflies have prominent elongated mouthparts (labial palpi) which, in concert with the antennae, give the appearance of the petiole (stem) of a dead leaf. Snouts often take advantage of their brilliant camouflage by hanging upside down under a twig, making them nearly invisible. Wings are patterned black brown with white and orange markings. The forewings have a distinctive squared off, hook-like (falcate) tip.

Caterpillars appear humpbacked, having a small head, swollen first and second abdominal segments, and a last abdominal segment that is tapered and rounded. They are dark green with yellow stripes along the top and sides of the body, and have two black tubercles on the top of the thorax. Their food is the common hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) tree."

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July 27th, 2018

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