>From studies done It has been observed that older females also mud-puddle. Furthermore, mud-puddling is seen as an alternative source to nectaring. Of course, a more detailed answer will be forthcoming from our experts.
Cheers, Kiran Srivastava Mumbai On 3/31/09, Pinakin Karve <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > I read in several books than in butterflies mostly newly hatched > males do mud puddling. The reason behind that is to collect > minerals/nutrients which can be passed to female as a nuptial gift. I have a > question ... why females do puddling ? My observations for past few months I > have seen Common Baron, Gaudy baron, Large guava blue female doing mud > puddling. In same species I have seen males doing mud puddling too. Now if > males are doing mud puddling then why females require to do it ? In what > other species females also mud puddle ? Whats the reason ? > > Can somebody throw light on this subject ? > > -- > Pinakin Karve > -------------------- > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
