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Mud-puddling, or simply puddling, is a behaviour most conspicuous in butterflies, but also occurring in other animals, primarily insects. The organism seeks out nutrients in certain moist substances such as rotting plant matter, mud , and carrion , and sucks up the fluid.
Mud-puddling is a peculiar social behavior engaged in by a number of butterfly species, including D. iulia. It involves male butterflies crowding around damp ground in order to drink dissolved minerals through a process of water filtration.
Mud puddling refers to a behavior where adult butterflies feed from mud and animal waste, rather than on nectar. [7] In adult S. mormonia, males puddle more than females, and young males puddle more frequently than older males. Furthermore, older females were observed puddling, particularly if their overall lifetime mating count was low.
This “mud-puddling” behavior provides sodium, amino acids and other nutrients that are otherwise lacking in their sugar-rich, nectar diet. ... Butterfly pairing-up and mating often occur near ...
This seemingly odd behavior, called “mud-puddling,” provides salts and amino acids that are otherwise lacking in a nectar-rich diet. Butterflies sometimes prefer mud puddles to flowers as a ...
It has been recorded as a migrant in South India and is known to mud-puddle during migration. The butterfly has been seen as comprising as much as 5% of the population of migrating butterflies during a 72-hour period in the Nilgiri hills. [6] The common bluebottle is known for quick flight and rapid reactions. Consequently, it is difficult to ...
Mud-puddling in Arizona, United States Caterpillar. The butterfly can be seen from Guatemala, through Mexico, the western United States to southern Canada in southern British Columbia, Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan. It typically lives near streams and in moist valleys but also in canyons and cities at lower elevations. [1] [6]
Lime butterflies mud-puddling with common emigrants (Catopsilia pomona) in India Lime Butterfly in Behbahan. This butterfly is an avid mud-puddler and visitor of flowers. It basks with its wings held wide open on tufts of grass and herbs, and generally keeps within a metre of the ground, even on cloudy days.