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Post by Romy Ocon on Mar 18, 2009 8:21:33 GMT
Got this one yesterday during a break in the rains.  |
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on Mar 18, 2009 9:01:11 GMT
Incredible!
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Post by mantarey on Mar 18, 2009 12:58:13 GMT
Very nice. This is what Telyds' been waiting for, for some time. |
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Post by Lydia Robledo on Mar 19, 2009 18:11:58 GMT
Yup, Rey... finally, a butterfly video by the Ka Mastah.
This is the male Hypolimnas bolina, a Nymphalid. Larvae feeds on camote tops.
The male is very territorial. When it perches, it will always turn around and face the clearing or hazy figures like a photographer. Butterflies have multi-lenses and can't focus well. When it senses another male butterfly in the area (maybe with its antennae) it will chase it. Oftentimes, it goes back to the same spot where it recently perched. The upper-wings have white spots that turn iridescent blue under sunlight.
In appreciation of this first video and more coming after, I am gifting the Ka Mastah with a Chinese Parasol plant on a pot.
Happy, tely:Ds
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