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Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: I caught this shot this am, 1 by kennedyh

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kennedyh wrote:
~'spin!~, that Veined White Skipper has its winged closed in the same way as most butterflies. The unique style of the skippers, mainly the very small skippers, is to keep their fore wings spread flat, but with their hind wings folded vertically. Here is a picture of a White Grass-dart Taractrocera papyria here in Australia, which shows this strange way of folding the wings.