{"id":7077,"date":"2011-04-01T09:07:24","date_gmt":"2011-04-01T13:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/?p=7077"},"modified":"2016-11-03T09:48:51","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T13:48:51","slug":"butterfly-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/omg_animals\/butterfly-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Some butterflies defend their territory through flying contests"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some species of male butterfly<\/a> find a female by staking out a nice sunny spot to wait for Miss right to fly by. These sunny spots become the butterfly\u2019s territory and they will defend it against intruders with a flying duel!!!<\/p>\n

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What\u2019s a Flying Duel?<\/h3>\n

To defend their territory<\/a> a male butterfly will have a flight contest with the intruding male. The butterflies will circle each other in flight until one eventually flies away from the area, leaving the winner to take up their spot in the sun. These battles can last up to 90 minutes, according to one study that looked at the speckled wood butterfly.\u00a0 So be careful where you step next time you are out in a sunny garden, you might find yourself in a butterfly\u2019s territory and be forced to duel!<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.alphagalileo.org\/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=99536&CultureCode=en<\/a><\/p>\n

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Watch where you step if you are out strolling in a sunny garden you might find yourself in a butterfly’s territory and be challenged to a flying duel! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,409,931],"tags":[240,324,106,112],"class_list":["post-7077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-omg_animals","category-omg-facts","category-all","tag-butterfly","tag-courting","tag-flying","tag-insect"],"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t