Hitchhiker

A brush-footed butterfly, American snout. Scientific name: “Libytheana carinenta.”

This guy joined me during my water break at 1:59 p.m. (according to the camera's time stamp.) Here s/he's on the "button" of an oar. I photographed it on my hand and then my water bottle.

S/he remained on my water bottle when I resumed rowing back to the dock, hitchhiking for about a half-hour and 4,000 meters (2½ miles)! See the BAMONA sighting page for the “after” photo taken at 2:31 p.m.!

Confirmed at BAMONA as “Libytheana carinenta” or “American Snout”; http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/sighting_details/1092037

Species page at BAMONA, http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Libytheana-carinenta

1 year ago (“Hemerocallis fulva (daylily)”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-07-14
2 years ago (“In a Chinese garden”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2014-07-14
3 years ago (“Incoming!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2013-07-14
4 years ago (“Eastern cicada killer wasp”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-07-14
5 years ago (“Wait. This isn’t a battleship!”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-07-14

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[Lisa Pouncy]

This is extraordinary..."oh grandma, what a long nose you have!" xx

[Thom Mitchell]

@psychographer Thanks, Lisa. It's mostly a matter of being ready!

[GaryW]

Great macro.

[Mags]

Oh my gosh! What a butterfly! What a nose!

[Thom Mitchell]

@marlboromaam Mostly I see these at the lake when I row … unless they hitchhike home with me!

[Mags]

@rhoing This should've made the PP, if not for comp and focus alone! See, I don't get it. My crappy series shot made the PP today and it doesn't have but just a few favs and hardly any comments. When the really great shots like these go unnoticed! I still say it's who you follow and who follows you!

[Thom Mitchell]

@marlboromaam Don’t understand the “secret sauce” of PP selection. Years ago I tried playing The PP Game with more consciously-selected followers. To no effect. Among my 3,200 posts, I have some real stinkers, for sure. But I think I’ve posted some pretty cool shots now and then. And out of the 3,200, ten made the PP. So I’ve stayed on 365 mostly for me and mostly for doing a family calendar at the end of the year, though getting close to being caught up — if four weeks behind is “close” — has enthused me a bit.

[Mags]

@rhoing LOL!