One of the oddest and most charismatic butterflies in North Carolina, with long palps forming a "snout". More often found swarming around Sugarberry (Celtis laevigata) trees, their main caterpillar host plant here, or getting nutrients from dirt roads, this one had been nectaring on Asters. In south Texas, swarms of tens of thousands can be found in fall in places like Bentsen State Park along the Rio Grande.
