In assembling the posts from the summer of 2010, there was a pretty big void where there should have been photos. Lovely, lovely photos. Yes, that's how we'll describe them.
Not every butterfly 'nectars' on flowers... these butterflies are enjoying a horse's contribution to the nutrient cycle. Matter is neither created nor destroyed.
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| Sleepy Oranges (Abaeis nicippe) |
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| Variegated Fritillary (Euptoieta claudia) with Sleepy Oranges |
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| Queen (Danaus gilippus) with Sleepy Oranges |
You may notice a trend here...
Sleepy Oranges LOVE their nutrient slurry to be pre-digested. They like mud puddles, too, but who can resist a fresh cluster of pure joy? Not Common Buckeyes.
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| Common Buckeyes (Junonia coenia) with Sleepy Oranges |
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| Common Buckeye with Dotted Roadside-Skipper (Amblyscirtes eos) |
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| Common Buckeyes with Sleepy Oranges |
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| Common Buckeye with Sleepy Oranges |
These photos were taken on 30 July 2010, posted on Big Bend Nature.com on 4 September 2012; they'll be backdated or double posted or linked as appropriate.
hehe he he...ewww.
ReplyDeleteI love the contrast though. The poo actually makes a nice background with some texture and soft colors, and of course the butterflies on top of it make for a very artistic composition. I think you have discovered a new artistic medium!
We... uh... we really like poop. REALLY like it, I mean. Not that we're scatology professionals - we may occasionally take a stab at the origin of the nutritious gift of wonders, but really we're in it for the movers and shakers. And sippers. And prodders. And rollers.
DeleteIt's just such a helpful, um, attractant. And kind of photogenic, as you mentioned. Smooth, glistening texture isn't something you see much in nature, aside from water.
Our "old" (informal, sometimes updated) blog even had a tag for poo. (See? http://seetrail.blogspot.com/search/label/poop - mostly poop mimics and poop-inspectors and poop references...)