[TN-Butterflies] Re: Baddest Butterfly in Polk County
- From: kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 15:23:50 -0700 (PDT)
I believe that today I saw the baddest butterfly in Chester County. A Male
Sachem was relentless in his pursuit of a male Common Whitetail Dragonfly. I've
seen butterflies make half-hearted attacks on just about anything that flew
past their perch but I've never seen one chase anything but another butterfly
in this way. It was a solid 15 second chase!
Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County
http://www.finishflagfarms.com
--- On Sun, 6/28/09, J. Basham <jbasham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: J. Basham <jbasham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Baddest Butterfly in Polk County
> To: tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009, 6:42 AM
> I don't usually see Butterflies
> sitting on barbed wire, thought it was interesting. She
> wouldn't fly, no matter how close I got with the camera,
> Thought at first that maybe her little feet had melted to
> the metal (it was only 97 degrees). Turns out that it was
> just too hot for any of us to do anything very energetic.
>
> The second hatch of the Mottled Duskywings were out, and
> the second hatch of the Horace's Duskywings were out as
> well. Am including some shots of the Horace's, male and
> female, dorsal and ventral. The Horace's is a Bamona Polk
> County record.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Julius Basham
>
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