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Four Tailed Emprior
Four tailed Emprior
-26.2737, 146.602
Field Notes
Description:
predominantly black when closed with iridescent colored eyes on outer wings, when open, black curtain surround with major white spot central 50% black white
Habitat:
migratory butterfly from far north Queensland to southern states of Australia fly's several thousand miles
Notes:
Now here is the cruncher, this data never before known, this butterfly is known as a Nectar feeder, Native tree flowerings,But I hereby can testify that is not the whole truth, what was visualized, that I myself am still trying to come to terms with, may well change the way we think about butterfly's behavior, and I hope there is room here to describe what was witnessed
Over a period of some 16 days 120 specimens would arrive at sunrise and all alight on one specific tree and leave at sunset, this repeated each day, what was observed was the butterfly's would form groups of four across the trunk and branches on the sunny side,and form a perfect cross shape all with there heads in the center,one vertical the others perfectly and accurately spaced at 90 degrees apart, remembering at this time there were not trees flowering, this very odd indeed butterfly's were out of sink with flowerings, the four collectively used there large pink (prosperous) spelling not correct ** trunks Hmm to collectively altogether to exaggerate the trees bark and cause it to excrete a light sap, which they eat
Now if this was not strange enough, there were one or two butterfly's odd men out, who couldn't make the foursome,and they roamed from foursome to foursome but on each and every occasion when they approached the four, one of the four would lash out with a massive flick of the wing that was so fierce it made audible sound, to drive of the intruder and did this repeatedly, with all groups, now what catches your eye if not the sound is that when they lash out they go from closed black to this internal what flash from the open wing when striking, I am a Nature Philosopher @70 a bushman and I was totally consumed and mesmerized the whole time, I do have a little, few second video, now correct me if I am wrong, but I ordered the most update butterfly books on four tailed Emperors and not one mention of this, being cohabitation, premeditated selection, of particular tree variety being rare trees not many round,defense and protective of a group of active four only, drilling for hidden food and obscured source
Butterfly's as far as my experience, are not supposed to exhibit such premeditated behaviors, and this must be a world first observation please let me know if its not or is
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