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.
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Observation date: Jul 10, 2020
Submitted by: mitzis
Region: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Verified date: Aug 05, 2020
Observation date: Sep 04, 2006
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Region: Pima County, Arizona, United States
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Observation date: Jul 27, 2020
Submitted by: cjgoin
Region: Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States
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Verified date: Jul 28, 2020
Observation date: Jul 25, 2020
Submitted by: Eddie Wyatt
Region: York County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Verified date: Jul 25, 2020
Observation date: Jul 05, 2020
Submitted by: ButterBelle
Region: Knox County, Tennessee, United States
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Verified date: Jul 25, 2020
Observation date: Jul 13, 2020
Submitted by: ButterBelle
Region: Putnam County, Tennessee, United States
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Verified date: Jul 25, 2020
Observation date: Jul 17, 2020
Submitted by: ButterBelle
Region: Putnam County, Tennessee, United States
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Verified date: Jul 25, 2020
Observation date: Jul 19, 2020
Submitted by: Mapper
Region: Johnson County, Illinois, United States
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Verified date: Jul 19, 2020
Observation date: Jul 16, 2020
Submitted by: billd
Region: Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States
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Verified date: Jul 19, 2020
Observation date: Jul 15, 2020
Submitted by: Ohio97
Region: Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
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Verified date: Jul 15, 2020
Observation date: Jul 06, 2020
Submitted by: topper72
Region: Los Alamos County, New Mexico, United States
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Verified date: Jul 09, 2020
Observation date: Jul 05, 2020
Submitted by: LisaFC
Region: Larimer County, Colorado, United States
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Verified date: Jul 08, 2020
Observation date: Jun 26, 2020
Submitted by: kellz719
Region: Texas, Tarrant County, United States
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Verified date: Jul 06, 2020
Observation date: May 20, 2020
Submitted by: lwhite
Region: Texas, Tom Green County, United States
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Verified date: Jul 06, 2020
Observation date: Jul 02, 2020
Submitted by: lwhite
Region: Texas, Tom Green County, United States
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Verified date: Jul 06, 2020
Observation date: Jul 02, 2020
Submitted by: lwhite
Region: Texas, Tom Green County, United States
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Verified date: Jul 06, 2020
Observation date: Jul 05, 2020
Submitted by: Fluid
Region: Texas, Tarrant County, United States
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Verified date: Jul 06, 2020
Observation date: Jul 02, 2020
Submitted by: Ohio97
Region: Greene County, Ohio, United States
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: Jul 02, 2020
Observation date: Jun 27, 2020
Submitted by: seemayer
Region: Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States
Verified by: stomlins701
Verified date: Jun 30, 2020
Observation date: Jun 23, 2020
Submitted by: ButterBelle
Region: Putnam County, Tennessee, United States
Verified by: dbruce
Verified date: Jun 29, 2020
Observation date: Jun 25, 2020
Submitted by: James Lofton
Region: Roosevelt County, New Mexico, United States
Verified by: stevecary
Verified date: Jun 28, 2020
Observation date: Jun 15, 2020
Submitted by: cjgoin
Region: Doña Ana County, New Mexico, United States
Verified by: stevecary
Verified date: Jun 25, 2020
Observation date: Jul 26, 2019
Submitted by: Shawnann74
Region: Oldham County, Kentucky, United States
Verified by: BGilley
Verified date: Jun 23, 2020
Observation date: Jun 13, 2020
Submitted by: Dennis Forsythe
Region: Calhoun County, South Carolina, United States
Verified by: Dennis Forsythe
Verified date: Jun 18, 2020
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