@tosee Thank you Tom. @snoopybooboo Thank you Tony. And thanks for the follow. @cocobella Corinne, I was out driving my truck (not my main vehicle) to keep the oil and other fluids moving and battery charged up and went to a boat landing beside the river. It's in a place that's probably used more by kayakers and canoers and not many people there. I had taken out there once many years ago and saw more swallowtails than I'd ever seen in my life that day so I thought I'd walk down toward to river. I came across this cluster of butterflies. I researched it a bit and found this information: little known behavior called "puddling," as a way to obtain moisture and nutrients from wet soil, dung or carrion. https://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/home-garden/article230874399.html#storylink=cpy Who knew! @olivetreeann Thank you Ann. It was pretty exciting. @francoise Yes. I was tickled to see them. @jb030958 According the the article I found, they like mud. Hope your butterfly house is successful. Do you put anything in it to attract them? @777margo Thank you Margo. @thewatersphotos I've seen a few flutter by at the house. I guess it was hot enough for them Friday. @jamibann Thank you Issi. @wakelys Thanks Susan. @kwind Yes, I know! @kchuk Thank you. It was exciting to see them. @s4sayer Thanks Margo. It was so interesting to see and then I looked it up tonight. I'm going to try to remember to go back there again. @craftymeg Thank you Margaret. @haskar Thanks Haskar. @serendypyty I didn't want to get too close and scare them off, but they weren't particularly flighty.Thank you Cazzi. @pyrrhula Thanks Ferry.
@snoopybooboo Thank you Tony. And thanks for the follow.
@cocobella Corinne, I was out driving my truck (not my main vehicle) to keep the oil and other fluids moving and battery charged up and went to a boat landing beside the river. It's in a place that's probably used more by kayakers and canoers and not many people there. I had taken out there once many years ago and saw more swallowtails than I'd ever seen in my life that day so I thought I'd walk down toward to river. I came across this cluster of butterflies. I researched it a bit and found this information: little known behavior called "puddling," as a way to obtain moisture and nutrients from wet soil, dung or carrion. https://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/home-garden/article230874399.html#storylink=cpy Who knew!
@olivetreeann Thank you Ann. It was pretty exciting.
@francoise Yes. I was tickled to see them.
@jb030958 According the the article I found, they like mud. Hope your butterfly house is successful. Do you put anything in it to attract them?
@777margo Thank you Margo.
@thewatersphotos I've seen a few flutter by at the house. I guess it was hot enough for them Friday.
@jamibann Thank you Issi.
@wakelys Thanks Susan.
@kwind Yes, I know!
@kchuk Thank you. It was exciting to see them.
@s4sayer Thanks Margo. It was so interesting to see and then I looked it up tonight. I'm going to try to remember to go back there again.
@craftymeg Thank you Margaret.
@haskar Thanks Haskar.
@serendypyty I didn't want to get too close and scare them off, but they weren't particularly flighty.Thank you Cazzi.
@pyrrhula Thanks Ferry.
@jb030958 Jennie, I really don't know anything about butterfly houses.