Lep Photo

July 1, 2009 in General, Photography | 1 comment

Unknown Lep

Unknown Lep

Butterflies (and other lepidopterans) have never been my strong suite. If you can identify this lep, you’ll earn a nice congratulatory comment.

This was from the California Academy of Sciences earlier this year. Notice the curled proboscis (kind of a long sucking mouth-part), so it probably uses it to reach deep inside recessed nectaries in flowers to feed.

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  1. Fitz’s avatar

    Fitz on July 2, 2009 at 7:15 am

    Gorgeous! I love the detail, and the color. So surreal. I wish I had a proboscis when I drop my sandwich behind the dryer again.