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Butterfly Called Snout
American Snout (Libytheana carinenta). Snouts have what looks like an extremely prominent nose formed by elongated mouthparts. Certainly an offbeat sort of look for a butterfly. Native to North and South America. A species of butterfly that overwinters as an adult. The host plant for Snouts are Hackberry trees (Celtis). Adults are attracted to fermenting fruit,…
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Punctuation In The Natural World
An Eastern Comma (Polygonia comma). One of the species of butterfly that overwinters as an adult. Imagine a warm winter day, you’re hiking along a mountain trail and there in front of you is an orange butterfly. This might be what you are seeing. This one has seen many miles. _______________________________________________________________________ If you would like…
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Early Spring And A Butterfly
The Mourning Cloak Butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa). One of the first butterflies that you’ll see in early spring, or during warm winter days. They’re able to accomplish this because they overwinter as adults in locations such as tree cavities or under loose tree bark. Emerging as an adult rather than having to mature from a larval…