Attributes of Libytheana carinenta

American Snout
Libytheana carinenta (Cramer, 1777)

Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Libytheinae
Identification: Labial palps long and extended forward. Tip of forewing squared off. Upperside brown, forewing with orange at base and inner margin, and white spots on outer half. Underside of hindwing mottled or smooth violet-gray.
Wing Span: 1 3/8 - 2 inches (3.5 - 5 cm).
Life History: Adults perch on branches and imitate dead leaves by holding palps and antennae downward to look like petioles. Males patrol near host plants to seek females. Eggs are laid in small groups on leaves of the host tree; caterpillars eat young leaves. Adults overwinter in the southern part of their range.
Flight: Two broods; May-June, and August. These butterflies sometimes undertake huge migrations.
Caterpillar Hosts: Several species of hackberry (Celtis).
Adult Food: Nectar from flowers of aster, dogbane, dogwood, goldenrod, sweet pepperbush, and others.
Habitat: Forest clearings and edges, thorn scrub, brushy fields, roadsides.
Range: Argentina north through Mexico and the West Indies to southern United States. Migrates to central California, southern Nevada, Colorado, and most of the eastern United States.
Conservation: Not usually of concern.
NCGR: G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
Management Needs: None reported.
Taxonomy Notes:

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The fifty most recently verified sightings are below. See more recently verified sightings of all species.

Observation Date Submitter Region Verified Datesort icon
May 10, 2013 Terry W. Johnson Montgomery County, Georgia, United States May 16, 2013 Details
August 11, 2012 KristyBaker Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States May 11, 2013 Details
May 11, 2013 CA Ivy Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States May 11, 2013 Details
March 10, 2013 fitzclarke@bellsouth.net Chatham County, Georgia, United States April 15, 2013 Details
March 17, 2013 Lois Stacey Georgia, United States, Wilkes County April 15, 2013 Details
June 19, 2012 Nymphalis antiopa Cumberland County, Virginia, United States April 13, 2013 Details
March 15, 2013 CA Ivy Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States March 27, 2013 Details
November 17, 2012 jeffmci9 Texas, Travis County, United States March 20, 2013 Details
March 16, 2013 mikechapman Glynn County, Georgia, United States March 17, 2013 Details
June 23, 2012 J_Martineau Faribault County, Minnesota, United States February 09, 2013 Details
August 04, 2012 aahewetson Texas, United States, Winkler County February 08, 2013 Details
November 02, 2012 CA Ivy Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States January 29, 2013 Details
November 07, 2012 CA Ivy Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States January 29, 2013 Details
October 15, 2012 CA Ivy Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States January 27, 2013 Details
October 19, 2012 CA Ivy Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States January 27, 2013 Details
October 24, 2012 CA Ivy Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States January 27, 2013 Details
October 14, 2012 CA Ivy Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States January 25, 2013 Details
July 16, 2012 Chip Krilowicz Cape May County, New Jersey, United States January 12, 2013 Details
July 24, 2011 JMartin37066 Sumner County, Tennessee, United States January 11, 2013 Details
October 10, 2012 CA Ivy Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States January 06, 2013 Details
October 04, 2012 CA Ivy Sebastian County, Arkansas, United States January 03, 2013 Details
April 25, 2012 LinRandolph Lake County, Ohio, United States January 01, 2013 Details
November 24, 2012 Maxintaft Texas, San Patricio County, United States December 27, 2012 Details
December 02, 2012 jdbaus Texas, Travis County, United States December 27, 2012 Details
June 15, 2010 Terry Mosher (Mr. Matthew Textor) Chautauqua County, New York, United States December 25, 2012 Details
December 03, 2012 whbauer Bexar County, Texas, United States December 22, 2012 Details
December 17, 2012 TeddyKuma Texas, Lampasas County, United States December 22, 2012 Details
October 17, 2012 rseidler DeKalb County, Georgia, United States December 03, 2012 Details
August 23, 1984 legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) Churchill County, Nevada, United States December 01, 2012 Details
September 11, 1984 legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) Nye County, Nevada, United States December 01, 2012 Details
August 22, 1990 legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) Clark County, Nevada, United States December 01, 2012 Details
September 25, 1990 legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) Clark County, Nevada, United States December 01, 2012 Details
June 05, 1992 legacy.reporter (George T. Austin) Lincoln County, Nevada, United States December 01, 2012 Details
November 06, 2012 Ken Davenport (Ken Davenport) Kern County, California, United States December 01, 2012 Details
June 24, 1988 legacy.reporter (C. Covell) Pima County, Arizona, United States December 01, 2012 Details
August 05, 1991 legacy.reporter (Ray Stanford) Pima County, Arizona, United States December 01, 2012 Details
October 06, 1994 legacy.reporter (Lauritz Muehlbach) Yavapai County, Arizona, United States December 01, 2012 Details
September 17, 1955 legacy.reporter (H. G. Rodeck) Yuma County, Arizona, United States December 01, 2012 Details
October 09, 1994 legacy.reporter (Ray Stanford) Gila County, Arizona, United States December 01, 2012 Details
October 09, 1994 legacy.reporter (Ray Stanford) Navajo County, Arizona, United States December 01, 2012 Details
October 10, 1994 legacy.reporter (Ray Stanford) Greenlee County, Arizona, United States December 01, 2012 Details
October 10, 1994 legacy.reporter (Ray Stanford) Greenlee County, Arizona, United States December 01, 2012 Details
September 05, 1994 legacy.reporter (Lauritz Muehlbach) Yavapai County, Arizona, United States December 01, 2012 Details
August 06, 1999 legacy.reporter (Robert Langston) Cochise County, Arizona, United States December 01, 2012 Details
August 08, 1999 legacy.reporter (Robert Langston) Cochise County, Arizona, United States December 01, 2012 Details
February 26, 2012 vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) Colbert County, Alabama, United States December 01, 2012 Details
March 06, 2012 vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) Perry County, Alabama, United States December 01, 2012 Details
March 07, 2012 vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) Monroe County, Alabama, United States December 01, 2012 Details
March 17, 2012 vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) Colbert County, Alabama, United States December 01, 2012 Details
March 24, 2012 vitaly charny (Vitaly Charny) Shelby County, Alabama, United States December 01, 2012 Details