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This is a photo taked in Madrid. Two mud lives immobile in the middle of the the chaos. The living nature against the die...
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Into the early hours of Sunday, May 1 a un identified greenville resident enjoys a trip down a imporovised slip aned slide loated near downton Greenville, N.C. (Kyle Fisher/ The East Carolinian)
With about 13 inches of snow slowly melting things can get a bit muddy.
29/365
125 in 2025, #63 muddy
Mud-puddling is the phenomenon mostly seen in butterflies and involves their aggregation on substrates like wet soil, dung and carrion to obtain nutrients such as salts and amino acids. This behaviour has also been seen in some other insects, notably the leafhoppers.
Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) are diverse in their strategies to gather liquid nutrients. Typically, mud-puddling behavior takes place on wet soil. But even sweat on human skin may be attractive to butterflies.The most unusual sources include blood and tears.
This behaviour is restricted to males in many species, and in some like Battus philenor the presence of an assembly of butterflies on the ground acts as a stimulus to join the presumptive mud-puddling flock.
In tropical India this phenomenon is mostly seen in the post-monsoon season. The groups can include several species often including members of the Papilionidae and Pieridae.
Males seem to benefit from the sodium uptake through mud-puddling behaviour with an increase in reproductive success. The collected sodium and amino acids are often transferred to the female with the spermatophore during mating as a nuptial gift. This nutrition also enhances the survival rate of the eggs.
When puddling many butterflies and moths pump fluid through the digestive tract and release fluid from their anus. In some, such as the male notodontid Gluphisia septentrionis, this is released in forced anal jets at 3 second intervals. Fluid of up to 600 times the body mass may pass through and males have a much longer ileum (anterior hindgut) than non-puddling females
The best shake I've ever had! Combination of Hersey's chocolate, bold coffee, rich caramel, and Oreo crumbs. This treat is offered only at Ruby's Diner, which we went to in Pennsylvania en route to somewhere. The closest one to NYC, is at Newark Airport!
Mud Runner Classic (senior) race over about 10k
In mid october the water is a bit chilly so I was told.
The name of Yellowstone National Park's "Mud Volcano" feature and the surrounding area is misleading; it consists of hot springs, mud pots and fumaroles, rather than a true mud volcano. Depending upon the precise definition of the term mud volcano, the Yellowstone formation could be considered a hydrothermal mud volcano cluster. The feature is much less active than in its first recorded description, although the area is quite dynamic. Yellowstone is an active geothermal area with a magma chamber near the surface, and active gases are chiefly steam, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen sulfide. However, there are some Mud Volcanoes and Mud Geysers elsewhere in Yellowstone. One, the "Vertically Gifted Cyclic Mud Pot" sometimes acts as a geyser, throwing mud up to 30 feet high.
They were living in a group of mud huts and ran out to greet me, longing to pose for a photo before literally pulling me in to see their home.
What do you get when you mix a mountain of mud and thousands of gallons of water?
Wanna make a mud pie? Wanna literally SWIM through a river of mud? HERE'S YOUR BIG CHANCE!
Wayne County Mud Day is a silly annual event is presented at Hines Drive in Westland, Michigan and is the one day to get all the mud throwing out of your system.