Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/08/03

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Snout Butterfly Mating Ritual
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 13:10:06 -0500
 
Many times I've observed the swirling aerial dance of a pair of Snouts.? 
Today, I watched it play out on a bush.

The romancing pair landed facing each other on a Privet branch. They 
reminded me of miniature dinosaurs.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200803-P8032811.JPG.html

They? began checking each other out.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200803-P8032819.JPG.html

Next came the grappling hands-on approach.

http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200803-P8032824.JPG.html

And then they ducked beneath a large leaf to complete the encounter in 
private.

-- 
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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