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Nymphalis antiopa
this butterfly was found in my part-sun garden in our wooded yard on a small lake in minnesota; it seemed drawn to the oranges i put our for the orioles, and looked like it was actually feeding on them (or trying to...do they do this?)
Spotted on Aug 16, 2010
Submitted on Dec 29, 2011
4 Comments
Wonderful spotting!
thanks for the info!
lovely butterfly!!
Hi bejoubum, and welcome to Project Noah! This is a great series! To answer your question many butterflies eat fruit, by piercing the fruit's skin and draining juices from inside. Others drink the juices from the surface of rotting fruit. Butterflies that prefer to drink from fresh fruit have a pointed proboscis, making it easier to puncture the fruit's skin.