bethie
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 3:56 pm Post subject: Snout Butterfly |
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I was so happy when this little guy consented to pose on my patio. Guess it's very apparent why this is a Snout Butterfly!
 
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cajunbelle
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Wow, what a nose, he is something else.
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zuzu's petals
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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The diversity of nature is so magical to see.
Great capture, Bethie! 
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eileen
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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I guess with that extra long nose and then the length of his proboscis he should be able to reach quite a distance into tubular flowers to feed. Lovely piccie Bethie.
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teddybear
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Oh My Gosh!  He kind of grows to be cute after a second look.
Why were the really really pretty ones SHE and the one with the big nose HE!?! 
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Jo
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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That is really pretty. I saw a real pretty butterfly this morning and it would not be still enough to get anything more than a blurry pic. So congrats on that great pic!  I really like it when you get the unusual pics of different insects and animals you don't see so often.
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glendann
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That fellow is so different.I have never seen one like it.
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aloes
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| Posted: Sun Jun 24, 2007 7:33 am Post subject: |
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that butterfly is something special. Lovely photo. we have very few butterflies in the western cape (south africa) There never was, nothing to do with modern times. They do not seem to like the vegetation.
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He's awesome Bethie, looks like a distant, distant cousin of the aardvark 
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Beesplace
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Thats a great up-close shot. It definatley is different from the norm....But the world would be a dull place if everything was the same.
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