Sunday 5 December 2010

Butterfly Gathering


Iguazu National Park, Argentina

9 comments:

Diane said...

I have never seen such green butterflies. Diane

Lowell said...

How interesting...different kinds of butterflies hanging together...must be a convention in town!

jeanlivingsimple said...

Yes...this is most interesting. Thanks for sharing!

Joan Elizabeth said...

Fascinating and they are not all the same type.

Hilke Breder said...

They seemed to be gathering on a wet spot. Are they drinking water? Would be interesting to find out.

Unknown said...

@Hilke: Yes, they are getting moisture from the ground.

Ryan Ankeny said...

@Hilke: The behavior is called
puddling. Butterflies need certain minerals that they cannot get from eating nectar alone, so they visit still puddles that contain dissolved minerals from the soil.

Hilke Breder said...

Thanks for the info and the link. I guess it's similar to Macaws eating clay.

Babzy.B said...

i would have loved to see that :)