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Category Archives: mudding
Back at the Mud Flats
I revisited the same muddy shoreline that I visited yesterday at Lincoln Access, along Saylorville Reservoir in Iowa. Two bumblebees were still working the remnants of a cattail plant. Their pollen baskets are loaded. A weevil wandered along the dried … Continue reading
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Butterflies “mudding”
A few days ago after a short rain I ran across these butterflies mudding in the road. They are mostly clouded sulfurs, but there is a little yellow in the group as well.
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Road Hunting for Butterflies
We had over three inches of rain this morning–saturating the gravel roads around here. That makes great conditions for butterflies–the engage in a behavior called “mudding”. Most of the butterflies which do this are males. They stand on the wet … Continue reading
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Tagged butterflies, eastern-tailed blue, mudding, road hunting
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