The pupa of the Common Eggfly suspends itself by just one point!
The “egg” refers to the white circle on the male butterflies wings.
Not literally, of course! However, the female Common Eggfly does not have the bright white “egg spots” and purple iridescence on her wings.
Instead, she is brownish-black, with faint white markings on the edge of her wings.
Next time you spot a Common Eggfly butterfly at the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary, why not serenade it with a little Billie Holliday?
This butterfly is commonly known as the Blue Moon Butterfly in New Zealand.
Females are known to guard the leaves that they lay their eggs on. They even inspect the leaves for ants prior to laying!
The male Common Eggfly is one territorial little critter! They are known to physically battle over territories and each butterfly has his own specific territory.
t isn’t exactly our choice of drink, but these butterflies love it! They consume sweat for its salt contents, which is lacking in nectar flowers.
The white markings on the females outer-wing mimic the Common Crow Butterfly, which is, in fact, poisonous. Pretty clever way to deter predators!
The male population was sadly reduced by an infection caused by bacteria in the caterpillars. By 2001, the male population has to decreased to almost 1%.
However, these clever caterpillars developed an immunity to the infection and the population rocketed up to 40% by 2007.
Well, not literally; but they do have spikes and horns!
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Very interesting reading and nice photos. Good luck with the contest, Trudee!
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Beautiful captures Trudee ! Love the one with wings wide open, we can see the white spots that are like traces of paint 😊
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Love this post! I have a friend who loves butterflies, too bad she hasn't activated her account on hive! Butterflies are so beautiful! I have always wanted to take such beautiful photos! But butterflies are much faster than me!
Thank you @denissemata I am always happy to come across butterflies when I have my camera with me.
Beautiful pictures. The butterflies are so pretty😍
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Such beautiful butterflies they are not easy to photograph you need a lot of patients with them little buggers.
I have notice so many contest going on it's so mind boggling you seem to be amonsgt it all 👍
Thank you very much. Yes, these butterflies were extremely active so I was reasonably happy with some of my captures.
I do enjoy entering competitions and I think you should enter some too as your photography is remarkable.
You done well i have had a few attempts with butterflies but no success as yet will keep trying though.
Thank you for your kind words @trudeehunter must look into some of these contests they do look like fun.
Great art-like pictures. I really love them ^^ .. But these additional information make it not only a visible joy, but also a great read too.. Amazing post ! .. :)
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Lovely post Trudee! Butterflies are so beautiful and thanks for the interesting info . :)
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I love this pictures. Are so beautiful😍🌸
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Butterflies are truly amazing and you were able to get some great shots of them :)
Thank you @seadbeady I was lucky to get these shots as they were pretty energetic. Appreciate your visit and support.
Chasing butterflies has been wonderful this Autumn with so many around, what an interesting variety and information on each.
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