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Subject: [Leica] IMG: American Snout Posing as a Dead Leaf
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2020 14:51:13 -0500
References: <9231f9f0-827e-34ef-be62-85d162f2719a@lighttube.net>

Just pretending to be a dead leaf,  dead leaves don't move so make great
subjects.

On Sun, Jul 19, 2020, 11:19 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
wrote:

> The American Snout butterfly has a natural defense mechanism; its
> underside coloring allows it to pose as a dead leaf, and hide in plain
> sight.  This cooperative fellow allowed me to get in very close.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200719-P7192593-2.JPG.html
>
> --
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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