This is the time when newly-hatched male butterflies come out in huge numbers. More interestingly, they can be seen busy mud-puddling , usually is the early morning hours or at the onset of dusk.

While mud is not high on the aesthetically pleasing scale, it certainly attracts butterflies. Knowing that, I glanced at the muddy spot as I drove by and was astounded and delighted by the sight. I ...

Colourful butterflies congregate in large numbers in Kamloops and the Okanagan every summer as they engage in a natural ...

It's mostly adult male butterflies that like to gather around these wet spots -- a behavior known as "puddling." The males take in salts and minerals from the wet soil, which strengthen their ...

This behavior is called “puddling.” Butterflies do it on sand or wet ground to suck up salt and other nutrients, both of which help regulate their body temperature and physiological functions.

Butterflies indulge in a behavior known as puddling. They drink fluids from puddles, gravel puddles, mud, sweat, other animals' tears, and manure. This behavior is more common in male butterflies ...

Clusters of butterflies along hiking trails may be beautiful, but the National Park Service warns that the insects are flocking to eat urine, scat or rotting animals. It’s called “puddling.” ...

In one of the swiftest examples of evolutionary adaptation ever observed, scientists have discovered that male blue moon butterflies (Hypolimnas bolina) on the Samoan island of Savaii developed ...

“It’s mostly male butterflies who puddle, and you often see them in large groups,” says Nathan Brockman, butterfly wing curator at Iowa State University’s Reiman Gardens.

He told IdealHome: "Puddling is also a vital part of butterfly behaviour. When they’re not fluttering about, male butterflies often engage in mud-puddling as a way of charming the ladies ...