Harvester

The only carnivorous butterfly in North America. First time I had seen one.

[Jesika]

Interesting, what do they feed on?

[Valerie Chesney]

Wonderful capture...a new one for me..

[Gosia]

Beautiful colors esp legs and a head...

[Aleksander Rzyman]

Legs and antennae nicely sharp

[Anne Pancella]

@jesika2 Here is some good info https://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/harvester_butterfly.htm

[Jesika]

@annepann thanks for this, very interesting. I don’t know of any carnivorous larvae here in uk.

[Rick]

Great capture.

[amyK]

Great find!