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Post by jmg on Jan 10, 2020 11:52:33 GMT
This Agrias claudina lugens does not intend to share the bait of rotten fish juice sprayed on the leaf. When another butterfly, a Catonephele male, presents itself, the Agrias, with a quick wing stroke, gives it a good slap! A bit more on this page : www.lepidofrance.com/quand-agrias-claudina-ecarte-un-memphis/ Enjoy !   |
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Post by trehopr1 on Jan 11, 2020 3:42:50 GMT
I love it ! Imagine that, a butterfly exhibiting a sense of "bother" by the presence of another species. Perhaps, a bit of personality....
I suppose just as higher animals jockey over a favorite food source or over those of the opposite sex well, so do creatures (invertebrates) from other inner worlds such as insects, sea life, cave environs etc. We as humans, just don't tend to see or record such occurances as we see in vertebrate animals.
Now, that I reflect upon it I realize that Coleoptera have been fairly well documented showing such behaviors as well as Odonata.
It's still quite unusual I think seeing such a behavior present between our beloved and benign butterflies.
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