Dark Green Fritillaries Mud-puddling is a photograph by Bob Gibbons which was uploaded on July 22nd, 2016.
Dark Green Fritillaries Mud-puddling
Dark green fritillaries (Argynnis aglaja) mud-puddling. Dark green fritillary butterflies drinking moisture from the surface of animal dung. This... more
by Bob Gibbons
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Dark Green Fritillaries Mud-puddling
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Bob Gibbons
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Dark green fritillaries (Argynnis aglaja) mud-puddling. Dark green fritillary butterflies drinking moisture from the surface of animal dung. This behaviour, known as mud-puddling, is the way in which butterflies obtain nutrients and salts. Photographed in the Pontic Mountains, Turkey.
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July 22nd, 2016
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