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Brown Longtail Skipper
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Butterfly
Spear-marked Black Moth (Rheumaptera hastata)
Brown Longtail Skipper
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NIce face at the back end......
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Stanley Jones

Brown Longtail Skipper (Urbanus procne)

Brown Longtail Skipper (Urbanus procne: Hesperiidae) Wingspan 3.7-4.8 cm (1.5-1.9 in). Photographed on doctorbush (Plumbago scandens). Hugh Ramsey Nature Park, Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas, USA. South Texas Plains vegetation area, Lower Rio Grande Valley, adjacent to Arroyo Colorado, Tamaulipan thornscrub (reclaimed land from an old dump site) at 6 m (20 ft) elevation. April 2023
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Habitat
South Texas Plains vegetation area, Lower Rio Grande Valley, adjacent to Arroyo Colorado, Tamaulipan thornscrub (reclaimed land from an old dump site) at 6 m (20 ft) elevation.
Location
Hugh Ramsey Nature Park, Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas, USA.
Date taken
April 2023
Scientific name
Urbanus procne
Equipment used
Canon
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bievreJJ
superb portrait of this beautiful skipper, Stanley, wonderful details, colors, setting and backdrop, a real wowzer, many tfs!!
 

Media information

Category
Butterflies & Moths
Added by
Stanley Jones
Date added
View count
118
Comment count
7

Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS R5
Aperture
ƒ/7.1
Focal length
500.0 mm
Exposure time
1/320 second(s)
ISO
2000
Filename
Brown Longtail Skipper, Hugh Ramsey Nature Center, Harlingen, Cameron County.jpg
File size
6 MB
Date taken
Wed, 19 April 2023 4:41 PM
Dimensions
1920px x 1906px

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