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When I looked at this picture on my computer screen, the first thing that stroke me was the size of the proboscis of this Common Carder Bee ! This sucking organ must be a very efficient tool.
Could be Melissodes Beeor Svastra.
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This Eastern Tiger Swallowtail was working this flower with it's proboscis, probing here, probing, there. Fun to watch but better to photograph!
Taken 18 August 2016 at Brookside Gardens, Maryland
The Brazilian Skipper butterfly at lower right, Calpodes ethlius, has uncoiled its long proboscis for insertion into a plumbago flower.
Our back yard.
So during another walkabout in Berlin I happened upon a building site, oh yes!! I love building sites, especially when they leave the barriers wide open and I accidently don't give a damn about security guards or my own personal safety LOL!! However, this was a treasure trove of mechanics, engineering and odds and bits, including these rusty pipes that had obviously been dug up and were being replaced.
There was something a little curious about these things, the way it leaned over from the rest of the pile of pipes that were falling to bits, this one looked like a parasitic mouth or as the title suggests a Proboscis. Enjoy!
I hope everyone's week is off to a great start and so as always, thank you! :)
Looks like this butterfly has it's proboscis uncoiled but it didn't quite get it into the flower so it could suck nectar.
Taken 3 June 2022 at the Alaska Botanical Gardens, Anchorage, Alaska.
We came across a large troop of Proboscis monkeys on the Kinabatangan river in Borneo.
Due to habitat loss and use in Chinese medicine this incredible animal faces extinction.
Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui)
on Buddleja.
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queen butterfly on milkweed, Lakeway Library Butterfly Garden, Lakeway, TX. Sony A6300 and Schneider Kreuznach Componar 50/4.5 enlarger lens.
I thought it was interesting how this Cloudless Sulfur butterfly hung it's proboscis up and over the lip of the flower to get at the tasty bits within.
Proboscis monkey in Kalimantan, Indonesia.
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We found these tiny (only about 2.4 inches) on the Monkey River Tour. They are hard to see at first and even then look sort of like frogs. Takes a minute for your eyes to figure out the shapes. I posted more shots and a video which shows how hard they are to see on Instagram at www.instagram.com/p/CcDaVeirFOk/
(Nasalis larvatus) One of the Batchelor boys just hanging around, waiting for lunch to be served.
Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia
Smile on Saturday: Animal SOOC
" Red Admiral...A fairly large black, white and red butterfly, this butterfly is an impressive visitor to UK gardens where it can be spotted feeding on buddleia and other flowers...It will also frequent all kinds of other habitats, from seashores to mountains..! Adults sometimes hibernate, and may be seen flying on warm days throughout the year, although they are most common in the summer and early autumn...The caterpillars feed on common nettles...
The butterly is mainly black, with broad, red stripes on the hindwings and forewings, and white spots near the tips of the forewings..."
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Another one courtesy of No Mow May. One of the many Orange Tip butterflies on a Cuckoo Flower in our garden. This time at an angle to see the proboscis in action. Monsal Dale, Peak District.
Thuya Garden, Maine.
I am trying to organize my 2024 photos, and found a few more outtakes from Thuya Gardens...
The proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) or long-nosed monkey, known as the bekantan in Indonesia, is a reddish-brown arboreal Old World monkey that is endemic to the southeast Asian island of Borneo.
This species co-exists with the Bornean orangutan. It belongs in the monotypic genus Nasalis, although the pig-tailed langur has traditionally also been included in this genus.
The monkey also goes by the Indonesian name monyet belanda ("Dutch monkey"), or even orang belanda ("Dutchman"), as Indonesians remarked that the Dutch colonisers often had similarly large bellies and noses.
This species of monkey is easily identifiable because of its unusually large nose.