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Papilio glaucus
There were several species-specific groups of butterflies licking the ground that day. Salt Deposits or something? Found on the forest service road to Deep Gap, NC.
Spotted on May 12, 2014
Submitted on May 12, 2014
4 Comments
Amazing how you were able catch that photo when they were in a group like that. Great Job!
Beautiful! It's called "puddling". They do it to get minerals and salts that they are unable to aquire from nectar. http://insects.about.com/od/butterfliesm...
http://animals.howstuffworks.com/insects...
Very nice!!
wow so cool! we get them a lot here in spring and summer, but never seen anything like this! good job!