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Title: Butterfly Courtship View count: 1925 Rating: 5.0 (13 ratings) Description: In celebration of Earth Day, I posted this short video showing a pair of butterflies in courtship dancing in the air together. They were at it long enough for me to go inside and get a camera. They are Palamedes Swallowtail Butterflies, native to Florida, feeding on the nectar Honeysuckle Vine blossoms, a favorite of butterflies, bees & hummingbirds. Palamedes Swallowtail or Papilo palamedes (4 1/2") inhabit wooded swamps & borders throughout Florida (except the Keys). Their native diet includes feeding on Red Bay & Sassafras plants. Their mating season is March to December. Caterpillars are green with orange & black eyespots. Earth Day embodies the idea that you leave the planet better than you found it, safekeeping it for future generations. Environmentalism is making conservation and preservation a priority in your life. Change must be expected and demanded of our leaders to enact policies that are Earth-friendly and reflect the responsibility we all have of being stewards of our fragile planet. But to truly succeed (to paraphrase Gandhi) you must be the change you envision, enacting your own lifestyle choices that improve the environment. Small actions add up, whether that be recycling to creating wildlife habitats in your own yard. In this video, honeysuckle was planted along a fenceline. It now feeds many species of animals and provides a place for those animals to raise their young. Tags: dafttool, earthday, nature, environmentalism, palamedes, swallowtail, butterfly, honeysuckle, feeding, flower, mating, dance, insect, wildlife, Author: dafttool |
