[TN-Butterflies] Re: Cloudless Sulphurs acting silly
- From: Rita Venable <ritavenable@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:55:57 -0500
I have never had a Cloudless Sulphur land on me or spread its wings like you
describe. Some of the Sulphur males reflect ultraviolet light. I noticed
several butterflies basking today, even when it was 85-90 deg. These were
Common Buckeye, Spicebush Swallowtail, Silvery Checkerspot and Red-spotted
Purple. (The RSP was in 93 deg.)
I saw a Little Yellow get aggressive against a Southern Dogface along a
walking trail today. The LY was patrolling up and down and the SD was in the
way. The LY went after it and the SD retreated.
Rita Venable, Franklin, TN
Williamson Co. (but this happened in Rutherford Co.)
On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 4:07 PM, kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I was just out by my pool watching some Cloudless Sulphurs feeding on
> Petunias when one landed on a flower and spread its wings. It stayed that
> way for about 5 seconds and then went on to the next flower and perched the
> usual way with its wings closed. I watched it move around for awhile and it
> didn't hold its wings open again. I'm wondering if this was a display to the
> many other C. Sulphurs that were around. Have any of you seen this behavior
> before?
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> A few minutes later, a Cloudless Sulphur landed on my chin and another one
> flew up and did some serious displaying about 2 inches in front of my mouth!
> After 5 seconds or so they flew off together.
>
> Ken Childs
> Henderson, TN
> Chester County
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> http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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