http://www.heliconius.org Home of the passion vine butterflies Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:10:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.heliconius.org/2010/a-couple-of-new-papers/ http://www.heliconius.org/2010/butterflies-on-the-prairies/ http://www.heliconius.org/2010/genome-update/ Heliconius doris eggs and larvae decimating a Passiflora in the Kaw Mountains of French Guiana. ]]> http://www.heliconius.org/2010/gregarious-larvae/ http://www.heliconius.org/2010/pupation/ http://www.heliconius.org/2010/the-genome-is-on-its-way-second-hgc-meeting/ Heliconius melpomene aglaope processing a pollen load.  Adults may spend several hours processing pollen, producing saliva which is mixed with the pollen to release amino acids and then ingested.  The large grains of white pollen in the photo are from Psiguria warcewiczii. ]]> http://www.heliconius.org/2009/pollenloa/ http://www.heliconius.org/2009/second-hgc-meeting/ Heliconius hecale melicerta, from Gamboa area, Panama ]]> http://www.heliconius.org/2009/heliconius-hecale-melicerta/ Heliconius erato petiverana roosting gregariously in the insectary in Gamboa ]]> http://www.heliconius.org/2009/roosting-erato/