Snapshot Serengeti Talk

Alien?

  • eugenius by eugenius

    Should there be another category for something unearthly?
    There is also a small object flitting into the frame on the lower right.
    It could be something flying around the creature's head, if that is
    what it is.
    (I don't really think it is a zorilla, which seems to be nocturnal,
    but if that's an out fo focus head, maybe the contours is not too far off.)
    Finally, maybe it is an artifact left by the camera mounter?

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  • PALewis by PALewis

    Could be a butterfly or some other insect perched on the camera. That looks like a wing

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  • areinders by areinders moderator

    Looks very much like a butterfly wing, especially also the way it is moving up and down. Since bugs are not on the list, you'd just have to go with "nothing there".

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  • davidbygott by davidbygott moderator

    The butterfly is a male Wanderer, Hypolimnas misippus!

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  • areinders by areinders moderator

    Oh, nice - thanks for the identification! An interesting species, very variable apparently.

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