[Leica] IMG: Snout Butterfly Mating Ritual

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks, Don.  That was about the only action on my corner.

On 8/3/20 1:40 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> 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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Jim Nichols
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