[T]he black swallowtail [engages] in a lek mating system. These butterflies satisfy the four criteria for lekking behavior... (1) there is no male parental care, (2) males aggregate at specific sites for display, (3) the only resource females find at the lek are the males themselves and (4) females can select their mates.
There were no males around yesterday at 4:26 pm when I caught this lady lolling on a redbud leaf just outside our door.
IN THE COMMENTS: Fritz says, "Alas, this is not an actual Black Swallowtail. It's a swallowtail, and it's black, but it is the black morph of the Tiger Swallowtail...."
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Sounds like a fraternity mixer.
De-lek-table
Various swallowtails are the State Insect around the US, including here in Georgia.
Female black swallowtail?
Huh, two Kamala posts in a row....
Lekking.
Which spellcheck immediately changed to leaking.
I like it.
"There were no males around yesterday at 4:26 pm when I caught this lady lolling on a redbud leaf just outside our door."
Lolling is not ladylike behavior. Neither is lazing, loitering, or slouching. Ladies neither sprawl, dangle, dawdle, droop, flop, lean, loaf, or luxuriate. Ladies must maintain a dignified deportment at all times, otherwise, you're just a bawd with wings on.
[T]he black swallowtail [engages] in a lek mating system. These butterflies satisfy the four criteria for lekking behavior... (1) there is no male parental care, (2) males aggregate at specific sites for display, (3) the only resource females find at the lek are the males themselves and (4) females can select their mates.
Pon farr.
Every seven years, Vulcan males and females become aroused. If the normally calm and rational Vulcans do not mate with someone with whom they are empathically bonded they eventually enter Plak Tow, the blood fever, become violent, and finally die unless they mate with someone or engage in a ritual battle known as kal-if-fee.
They should all be expelled, and written up. FIRST...DO NO HARM.
I wouldn't want any of these little woke assholes to be my doctor.
I hope they flunk. They don't belong there.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11046081/Dozens-incoming-University-Michigan-med-school-students-walk-pro-life-keynote-speech.html
It appears that you have taken inspiration from the NYT article on Andrew Brand that you wrote about on 20 July.
I know you have posted closeups before, to me these seem different.
And I think this picture is excellent.
Reminds me of the Gillgans Island episode where a butterfly hunter was looking for the Pussycat Swallowtail.
Reruns of course. Over and over again on channel 9.
Cheating already?? https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/07/caught-michigan-news-channel-posts-results-primary-election-not-another-week/
Maybe it's time for me to upgrade my iPhone 7 just for the camera.
A lady without a tramp, and a gentleman soon accused. The lek mating system mirrors social progress without public incentive.
Alas, this is not an actual Black Swallowtail. It's a swallowtail, and it's black, but it is the black morph of the Tiger Swallowtail:
https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Papilio-glaucus
From the feminism angle, only females have the black morph in this species, and it's thought to mimic the toxic Pipevine Swallowtail: https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Battus-philenor
The actual Black Swallowtail is a different, and much more brightly colored species: https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Papilio-polyxenes
There is another "black" swallowtail, the Spicebush Swallowtail: https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Papilio-troilus but it may not occur in your part of the country.
There are also a few different "black" swallowtails out west. All are thought to be mimics of the Pipevine Swallowtail, which must taste just awful, besides being poison.
There is even a non-swallowtail mimic, the Red-Spotted Purple: https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Limenitis-arthemis-astyanax
"Lek" made me think of Derek "Lek" Leckenby, the lead guitarist of Herman's Hermits.
"Lek" is the currency of Albania.
Fun fact, as all the Gen Zers say these days.
We need to call Lord Beasley to make sure it is not a painted moth much less the extremely rare Pussycat Swallow Tail.
Butterfly Forgery
This is so interesting. It's like an earlier form of Tinder.
Shouldn't Black be capitalized?
I learned about "lekking" years ago when It was used to describe the behavior of men in bars, pulling out the latest cellphone and displaying it on the bar in front of them.
Like the big red inflatable throat pouches of male Frigatebirds in nesting season.
Lek mating system.
I used to think is was like a fraternity house. Unfortunately, some of the men were looking for other men.
LordSomber,
Various swallowtails are the State Insect around the US, including here in Georgia.
Indeed. OR's is the Oregon Swallowtail, though we share it with WA, ID, and parts of BC.
I spent some time as an elementary school student trying to get the Karner Blue butterfly named the NY state insect. Of course, we didn't win. Kids were going all-in for beneficial insects, like ladybugs and honeybees. Karner Blues just minded their own business, and fed on lupins. Not nearly sexy enough.
Currently, the state insect in NY is the nine-spot ladybug, once thought extinct. And the state butterfly is some common damn thing -- the Red Admiral or some such.
meat market.
black swallotails - informational
A group of closely related swallowtails of the genus Papilio (cresphontes, polyxenes, trioles, etc).
The citrus swallowtail (creshontes) is easily distinguished, with massive yellow dorsal patches and an almost solid yellow ventral side, as well as being much larger.
The parsnip (polyxenes) and spicebush (trioles) are often confused. Both have a triple line of patches from the rear wing's rear edges inward with the center being largest and solid on their leading edges, 'fading' out to the rear. The patches in the polyxenes are yellow to whitish yellow with the center line light blue. In trioles all lines are a dusty green. Both ranges overlap extensively.
They have markedly different patterns on the ventral.
Many people confuse all but cresphontes and zebra (not a Papilio), especially if only the dorsal side is visible.
The tiger swallotail (glaucus) adds to the confusion by having a black color variaton that mimics the parsnip swallotail very well (except for size). Like the parsnip, the center line of patches is blue.
Thanks for the correction
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