Snout Butterfly by Leeco

Photography • Insects • posted on Feb 15, 2008

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Description

Nikon 7900 pocket camera - hand held image. This is one of the last photos I took last year. This was just a couple of days before Christmas. I only see this species in late fall and early winter. It belongs to a species that is considered one of the oldest for butterflies. They are found world wide. Thanks to those who take the time to comment. For those interested, all is going well with the house project but it will be months before this phase is done, lol. Lee

Comments (14)

bpclarke

7:42PM | Fri, 15 February 2008

What an amazing butterfly! Excellent capture. Bunny

amlondono

7:54PM | Fri, 15 February 2008

Great Macro of this rare butterfly , Thanks for sharing , Ana

stuart83

8:25PM | Fri, 15 February 2008

What an unusual looking butterfly, excellent macro

gradient

8:54PM | Fri, 15 February 2008

Wild looking Butty!

Richardphotos

9:34PM | Fri, 15 February 2008

excellent macro lee and dof.I see these often but been hard to get dof on them since they are so small

durleybeachbum

4:19AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

What a peculiar crittur! super pic.

JeffG7BRJ

6:46AM | Sat, 16 February 2008

Nice to see a post from you Lee. I can't say I have seen this species before, I just love that snout though, it makes it look more like an ant eater than a butterfly, well the front of it anyway.lol. Fantastic when enlarged. Excellent capture, that eye is spot on. Bravo!!!!! Nice to hear the house is going great. Don't work to hard!