[TN-Butterflies] Duskywing behavior in Carter County
- From: "Doug Bruce" <s137@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "TN Butterflies" <TN-Butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:03:08 -0400
On Sunday April 10, Harold Howell and I visited Carter County. Along Wilbur
Lake, we photographed a Sleepy(?) Duskywing on a little-used asphalt side road.
Three photos of the same individual here:
http://s972.photobucket.com/albums/ae204/DougLepidoptera/Carter_Co/
This butterfly spent several minutes moving around in one spot, curling its
abdomen forward and reaching back under its body with its proboscis, giving the
appearance of re-ingesting something it was excreting. Two of the above photos
show this behavior.
If this sounds familiar, it's because I described this same behavior with a
Clouded Skipper last October:
//www.freelists.org/post/tn-butterflies/which-duskywing,3
So, here are two questions. (1) What are these butterflies doing? And (2) Is
that duskywing a Sleepy (or a Dreamy)?
Thanks,
Doug Bruce
Oak Ridge
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