Today, while out in the field, I found a huge pile of fallen fruits. Fluttering around these squishy, decaying fruits, I saw lots and lots of butterflies -- they were all drunk on the fermenting juice of the fruits!
I was able to get a couple of pictures of two of the clearwing butterflies that were on the ground. The first, red clearwing is
Cithaerias merolina. I don't know what species the blue one is. These butterflies are so amazing-looking in real life -- their wings are completely transparent and very delicate. These guys were so drunk on fruit juice that I was almost able to catch them with my bare hands (using a special butterfly-catching technique that doesn't hurt them or damage their wings).
I was able to get a couple of pictures of two of the clearwing butterflies that were on the ground. The first, red clearwing is Cithaerias merolina. I don't know what species the blue one is. These butterflies are so amazing-looking in real life -- their wings are completely transparent and very delicate. These guys were so drunk on fruit juice that I was almost able to catch them with my bare hands (using a special butterfly-catching technique that doesn't hurt them or damage their wings).
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