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

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Snout Butterfly Mating Ritual
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2020 13:40:30 -0500
References: <fb874541-3703-4419-b316-d8ab4d1dbd7f@lighttube.net>

I am glad you were out and about to record.

On Mon, Aug 3, 2020, 1:10 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> 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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