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Hackberry emperor and tawny emperor (mud puddling)

Asterocampa celtis / Asterocampa clyton

Photo by KarenL
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Field Notes

Description:

Butterflies "mud puddling" for minerals on feces.

Habitat:

Maury County Park

Reference Links:

Asterocampa celtis, Butterflies and Moths of North America | collecting and sharing data about Lepi…

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Comments (1)
Christy Chow
I have never heard of "mud puddling"! How fascinating! Great find, Karen :)

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