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This is a photo taken by Patricio Salazar of a Heliconius (Laparus?) doris laying eggs on a P. ambigua in the garden of our house in Gamboa, Panama. The ambigua vine has been growing there for many years, but I have never seen eggs laid on it before. H. doris is an interesting species – it is highly polymorphic for wing pattern. Its taxonomy is also controversial, with molecular data clearly placing it within Heliconius, but morphological data suggesting it is a distinct genus (Laparus). Clearly …
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This amazing footage of an H. erato pupating is at 10X normal speed. This transformation happens pretty fast in real time.
An erato pupating
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Many thanks to Kate Raisz and the 42 Degrees North film company who supplied this clip. And thanks Owen for pointing out the correct accreditation.
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Another photo of this persistent H. ismenius male. The female is raising her abdomen up, which is probably a rejection behaviour – at least it certainly prevents the male from getting to her abdomen from the side, and also probably releases pheromones from scent glands in the female’s abdomen (which may be anti-aphrodisiac).