It's all anyone ever mentions.
Poor Cyrano of butterflies, with his enormous... panache.
But that eye!
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A very agreeable butterfly:
Easy ID -- the only species with elongated labial palpi (the "snout"). Plus, the two front legs on the male are tiny, while the female's are normal.
Easy to predict mass migration -- long drought + lots of rain = lots of snout butterflies, especially in the southwest.
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Side Notes:
Libytheana bachmanii.
Mass migrations. We drove through one of these in south Texas in 1996.
Photos with wings open.
There is actually a Cyrano Darner.
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More critters at the Friday Ark.
14 comments:
ooh, cool! i don't think we have those around here, at least i've never seen one. very neat.
if ever i get my film developed (yes, i AM a throwback), i'll share my picts of the little grey tree frog that was too young or stupid to stay outta my way. i love playing with their little suction cup toes!
Looks like an anteater butterfly to me. I have seen anything like that before. Beautiful!
Ah, Cyrano Darner. Here's a photo of its schnoz: http://tinyurl.com/g4ha8
Way too cool. All we got in our parts was a massive Monarch migration.
very cool!
Love your blog content.
Great looking snout! :)
The picture of the open wings looks familiar. Very interesting creature.
That is pretty neat. I haven't come across one of these yet.
I don't recall seeing one like that before!
Fantastic butterfly! I don't think I've ever seen one--it's not likely I'll see one in my region, but apparently possible (Butterflies of Canada: American Snout).
Thanks y'all! I think they are pretty cool. I think of Texas every time I see one.
Nannothemis, that is one strange looking darner. Hadn't seen that angle in a pic before. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the post-I just love cool bugs!
i live in san antonio, and there are millions of these this year (2006). Not so pretty when you have to scrape them off your car.
Why do they call it a snout butterfly?
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