[TN-Butterflies] Re: Cloudless Sulphurs acting silly
- From: kjchilds <kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: TN Butterflies <TN-Butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:18:04 -0700 (PDT)
Little Yellows are tough little guys. The ones around here will usually chase
off any other butterflies that get close to them. It doesn't matter what
species
they are or how big they are. They do seem to go out of their way to go after
other yellow butterflies.
Ken Childs
Henderson, TN
Chester County
http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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From: Rita Venable <ritavenable@xxxxxxxxx>
To: kjchilds@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: TN Butterflies <TN-Butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wed, July 28, 2010 9:55:57 PM
Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Re: Cloudless Sulphurs acting silly
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.
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> Ken Childs
>Henderson, TN
>Chester County
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>http://www.finishflagfarms.com
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