American Snout

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American snout 
Libytheana carinenta

Wing span: 
1 3/8 to 2 inches 

Caterpillar hosts plants: 
young leaves of hackberry, Celtis sp.

Adult food:  
rotting fruit, nectar of aster, Aster; dogbane, Apocynum; dogwood, Cornus; goldenrod, Solidago; sweetpepperbush, Clethra

Habitat: 
forest clearings and edges, thorn scrub, brushy fields, roadsides 

Notes:  
males patrol for females, adults perch on branches and imitate dead leaves, females lay eggs in small groups on host leaves, hibernates as adults, puddles 
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