Migration pit stop
Migratory lemon emigrants (Catopsilia pomona) “puddling” in Yala National Park, Sri Lanka. Puddling, in which butterflies sip water from damp or muddy soil, provides salts and other minerals that the insects cannot obtain from nectar alone.
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, MainzBionics researchers studying silkworm moths and butterflies.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Learn about the migration of lemmings (Lemmus lemmus) along the Norwegian coast.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Every year, monarch butterflies fly south for winter—sometimes traveling up to 1,800 miles.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Among the arthropods of the Amazon Rainforest are spiders (including orb weavers and tarantulas), scorpions, centipedes, millipedes, butterflies, wasps, rhinoceros beetles, ponerine ants, mantids, and walkingsticks.
