Peeing Butterfly, Part 1: Green Comma peeing sequence R5349 RMNP PFNa
Green Comma (Polygonia faunus), Peeing Sequence, Part 1.
Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada.
August 12, 2008
This is the first of a sequence of photographs I took after observing this butterfly's behaviour. (I have also seen Mourning Cloak butterflies do this while sipping sap from a wounded tree.)
After 10 or 20 minutes of drinking, the butterfly opened its wings, thrust its abdomen outward, and squirted a drop of waste away from its body.
This process took less than 1 second from start to finish.
My camera wasn't on a tripod, so I had to stand there at the ready, waiting for the moment. @@
Check out Jay's book, Southern Ontario Butterflies and their Natural History. :-)
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Photographs, Videos and Text ©Jay Cossey, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario (BIO). All rights reserved.
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Peeing Butterfly, Part 1: Green Comma peeing sequence R5349 RMNP PFNa
Green Comma (Polygonia faunus), Peeing Sequence, Part 1.
Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada.
August 12, 2008
This is the first of a sequence of photographs I took after observing this butterfly's behaviour. (I have also seen Mourning Cloak butterflies do this while sipping sap from a wounded tree.)
After 10 or 20 minutes of drinking, the butterfly opened its wings, thrust its abdomen outward, and squirted a drop of waste away from its body.
This process took less than 1 second from start to finish.
My camera wasn't on a tripod, so I had to stand there at the ready, waiting for the moment. @@
Check out Jay's book, Southern Ontario Butterflies and their Natural History. :-)
www.flickr.com/photos/74102791@N05/29280816201/
Jay's website: www.PhotographsFromNature.com
Photographs, Videos and Text ©Jay Cossey, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario (BIO). All rights reserved.
Contact: PhotographsFromNature@gmail.com