No cropping was needed to capture this hackberry butterfly (named for the fact its caterpillars feed on the foliage of hackberry trees.) It was willing to pose.
Note about the photograph from last week:
Did anyone spot the egg this queen butterfly had just laid on the milkweed vine?
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Why would I take a photograph of this white fluff? Because it was walking around.
Can you spot the insect?
The “wolf in sheep’s clothing” is a lacewing larva. It uses debris to disguise itself, and most of the time the disguise works, unless of course it starts walking.
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