Hi Vazrick, I used to do some mangrove and sea grass work in SE Asia. When on the inter-tidal mudflats, I would also be on the lookout for any butterflies/moths related to mangrove habitats. But rarely saw this phenomenon.
Once I remember seeing a solitary Short Banded Sailor glide through the mudflats back and forth from the shore to the sea again and again. It flew just centimetres away from the the water and sipped sea water once in a while. This was in Koh Yao Yai (South Thailand) in Feb 2011. Never seen a puddling congregation near the sea though. Just individuals. Cheers, Anuj On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Peter Smetacek < [email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > No, I have never seen this happen. > > On Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:48:05 +0530 wrote > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Question for everybody: has anyone ever seen butterflies aggregate and > mud-puddle near sea-shores, drinking sea-water? If you have, some > information (location, species, approximately how many individuals) will > help. > > (This email obviously went unnoticed the first time, so I am re-posting it > since I find it hard to believe that among the many > members of this very active list nobody has ever seen butterflies drink > water on the sea-shores.) > > Thank you, > > Vazrick > > From: Vazrick Nazari ** > To: [email protected] > Cc: Eddie John ** > Sent: Thu, June 23, 2011 8:56:22 AM > Subject: [ButterflyIndia] Fwd: Seawater puddling > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I received this query from a friend who would like to know if anyone has > > observed seawater puddling behavior in butterflies ... Any takers? > > (Please reply to all) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > > From: "Eddie John" ** > > To: "Vazrick Nazari" ** > > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 5:55:14 AM > > Subject: Seawater puddling > > > > Hi Vazrick, > > > > I trust you are keeping well? I wonder if you can help very briefly, with > an > > inquiry, please? > > > > I am preparing a paper with John Tennent on some observations of seawater > > puddling - something witnessed independently by John and me - but there are > very > > few published reports of this activity. My impression, so far, is that > seawater > > puddling is genuinely rare, rather than rarely reported. > > > > So far, I have the following references: > > > > Pe'er, G. 2002. Puddling observations in Israel. News of the Israeli > > Lepidopterists Society 19(1): 13. > > > > Pola, M GarcÃa-ParÃs , M. 2005. Marine puddling in Papilio polytes > > (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae.) Florida Entomologist 88 (2):211-213. > > > > Tennent, W. J. 1997. Unusual behaviour in Papilio ulysses L., 1758 (Lep.: > > Papilionidae). Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 109 : > 156-157. > > > > These refer to marine puddling, but are the only ones known to us, so I'm > > checking with various contacts in an attempt to gauge the extent of this > > activity. Is it something you've witnessed anywhere, please? > > > > All the best, > > > > Eddie > > > > CYPRUS BUTTERFLY RECORDING SCHEME: > > > > www.cyprusbutterflies.co.uk > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/signatureline.htm@Middle?> > Treat yourself at a restaurant, spa, resort and much more with *Rediff > Deal ho > jaye!<http://track.rediff.com/click?url=___http://dealhojaye.rediff.com?sc_cid=mailsignature___&cmp=signature&lnk=rediffmailsignature&newservice=deals> > * > > > -- Enjoy
