This photo did not come out very good but I thought I would share it anyway. This is an American Snout. I can't remmber ever photographing one before and this one did not come out great, but there he was. We were a few inches from the Stillwater River. For a better photo, click the link abovce. As for the name:
Snout butterflies have prominent elongated mouthparts (labial palpi) which, in concert with the antennae, give the appearance of the petiole (stem) of a dead leaf. Snouts often take advantage of this superb camouflage by hanging upside down under a twig, making them nearly invisible. Wings are patterned black-brown with white and orange markings. The forewings have a distinctive squared off, hook-like (falcate) tip. (wikipedia)
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