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American Snout - Libytheana carinenta
Copyright © 2007 Preston Scott Justis

American Snout - Libytheana carinenta
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
August 5, 2007
A very active little butterfly. It would light only for a second or two and fly away.

Scott
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Contributed by Preston Scott Justis on 7 August, 2007 - 9:22am

If You....
Look closely, you'll see that she's laying eggs. I've had the chance to examine one up close several different days in my front yard and it was doing the same exact thing. It would only land for a few seconds, paying no attention to my attempts to get a shot of it, and then flap around to another spot and a different leaf and lay another egg. Fascinating little creatures. I'll bet we both end up with lots of tiny little tykes hatching before too long.
Compare yours to this image and you'll note it's abdomen bent toward the surface of the leaf like yours seems to be:
… Kenneth Dwain Harrelson, 7 August, 2007 - 11:31am login or register to post comments

 
Wow....
Well I'll be darned! Thanks for pointing this out Kenneth. The tree she was laying eggs on was a type of berry tree which fruit looks similar to blackberries, but reddish in color. I will look for the offspring in the coming weeks (if that's how long it takes) and see if I can get some pics.

Scott
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