Streets Loc: Euless, TX.

First that I've seen in our garden. It's considered invasive in South Texas.

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Dixiegirl Loc: Alabama gulf coast

Very interesting and beautiful butterfly and a lovely shot.

DOOK Loc: Maclean, Australia

Nice shot, Streets.

Swamp-Cork Loc: Lanexa, Virginia

Beautiful image, Ron and we had quite a few in the summer of 1917 but didn't see any this season. Very close to the Walnut trees that I mentioned to you in another post is a Hackberry tree which serves as a host tree to them and when I parked in the shade near the tree to wash our car several landed on the car and me!

roxiemarty Loc: Florida

Did you mean 2017? You are over 100 years old! If you are, I want to know your life skills so I can still be an active photographer and still carry my gear..........just having fun. Why are they considered invasive? Maybe it is the caterpillars?

Swamp-Cork Loc: Lanexa, Virginia

Thanks for the correction, Roxie, but must admit that I did spend sixty years in the 1900's, so it's pretty easy to revert back to them as the last eighteen years seems to have flown by! I have never read or heard of them being classified as invasive and have four or five butterfly books and have seen no mention of that in them. I did see a mention of their behavior in Stokes Butterfly Book as follows: "Snouts are not migratory on a regular basis but do occasionally move in vast numbers, especially in southwestern states. Once in Arizona, street lights were turned on in the middle of the day when a large migration of snouts darkened the sky." The Snouts, Hackberry, and Tawny Emperors larval all feed on hackberry leaves so see no reason that their caterpillars would create a problem. Take care!

Sendai5355 Loc: On the banks of the Pedernales River, Texas

Since the rain has stopped here in the Hill Country, my place has been overrun with butterflies-yellow ones, orange ones and black/blue ones.

Chuckwal Loc: Boynton Beach Florida

well done

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

Lovely butterfly. I haven't seen these in our area so thanks for sharing.

CathyAnn Loc: Apache Junction, AZ

Beautiful shot, Corky! I don't remember ever seeing a snout butterfly before.