P.S. This is it, I reckon. Looks like the dramatic colour pattern is just one of several possibilities.
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Posted By Blogger to jules' pics at 9/03/2012 01:25:00 PM
Monday, September 03, 2012
[jules' pics] Humping ladybirds
Actually there is another mountain picture. It seems that a number of insecty things fly to the mountain peaks especially to mate. Nice location for a sex-holiday I suppose. The swallowtail butterflies seemed to be at it on one peak, and on another a swarm of massive ladybirds (~1cm) were doing their thing.
P.S. This is it, I reckon. Looks like the dramatic colour pattern is just one of several possibilities.
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Posted By Blogger to jules' pics at 9/03/2012 01:25:00 PM
P.S. This is it, I reckon. Looks like the dramatic colour pattern is just one of several possibilities.
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Posted By Blogger to jules' pics at 9/03/2012 01:25:00 PM
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Its called hill-topping http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill-topping_%28biology%29
although I didn't know ladybirds did it.
Wow. I didn't believe it was a genuine phenomenon! This pair were on the post marking the summit of Japan's 4th highest mountain (Ainodake), so had earned their reward.
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