Female Red Admiral
Female Red Admiral
I wonder if any one can tell me what this red Admiral is doing with her front leg. This happened in a split second and I have caught it on camera. The frame before has the same time and the leg is perfectly still and resting slightly back on the flower
Re: Female Red Admiral
Don't know for sure, but I read somewhere that butterflies smell with their feet, so it may have an olfactory twist to it.
Re: Female Red Admiral
Thanks for looking.
I do have a video of one of these twisting and turning it's antennae like as if it is cleaning them . Most strange
I do have a video of one of these twisting and turning it's antennae like as if it is cleaning them . Most strange
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Re: Female Red Admiral
Interesting, I have seen flies and other insects doing the same thing.
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Thanks for looking.
Like I said I have seen these butterflies twiddling their antenna in one of my videos but that twirling is as you say interesting and as David M says they do smell & taste sugar with their feet . Perhaps she thought this tasted bad
Like I said I have seen these butterflies twiddling their antenna in one of my videos but that twirling is as you say interesting and as David M says they do smell & taste sugar with their feet . Perhaps she thought this tasted bad
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This was the fly doing a similar trick
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13372714@N ... otostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13372714@N ... otostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13372714@N ... otostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13372714@N ... otostream/
Re: Female Red Admiral
Lol. Insect have a funny side to them . I had to chuckle at those two. TFS.
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It was doing it about five minutes if I remember correctly. It almost reminds me of one of the conductors of the local brass band
Re: Female Red Admiral
The hokey cokey.Chocky wrote:I wonder if any one can tell me what this red Admiral is doing with her front leg. This happened in a split second and I have caught it on camera. The frame before has the same time and the leg is perfectly still and resting slightly back on the flower
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Not so sure about that but here is a video of a Red Admiral doing the most peculiar things with his antennae as if he is cleaning them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In3lPMg4njI[/video]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In3lPMg4njI[/video]
Last edited by Chocky on Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Female Red Admiral
I've seen something similar when a bit of spider silk has got caught on a leg and the butterfly has tried to shake it off.
Dave
Dave
Re: Female Red Admiral
Yes, You could be right Dave. I did wonder as there are some spider like web strands floating about.
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I had a look with the clip on full size and I think he might be cleaning his mouthparts or eyes rather than antennae?Chocky wrote:Not so sure about that but here is a video of a Red Admiral doing the most peculiar things with his antennae as if he is cleaning them