Tawny Coster Butterflies (Acraea Violae), Singapore

            In The Garden Of Love -
On both sides of the abandoned railway tracks, the lalang plants were as tall as me.  I saw three butterflies flitting together from flower to flower, tumbling on air in ecstasy. A pair finally conjoined together to mate, the third butterfly persisted to woo the female away from her partner. Two's company; three's a crowd, he gave up and flew away after several attempts. After mating, the female butterfly will search for a host plant to lay her eggs. She can use her feet to sense the taste of the leaf and determine a suitable site.
   

Taken in: Singapore / South West / Singapore / Buona Vista (show map)

Taken on: April 29, 2014

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Former KTM Railway Tracks

Insects Mating

Butterfly

Eyespots On WIngs

Club-Shaped Antennae

Fluttering Flight

Tawny Coster Butterfly

Orange Butterfly

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Sets appears in: • Butterflies

Camera: Samsung Samsung NV3, Samsung VLUU NV3, f/3.5, 1/250 sec, 6.6mm, ISO 1228, 0 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Samsung Samsung NV3, Samsung VLUU NV3
Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Focal Length:	6.6mm
ISO:	1228, 0
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	607212
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