Local Enhancement in Mud-Puddling Swallowtail Butterflies (Battus philenor and Papilio glaucus)

Otis, Gard W.; Locke, Brian A.; McKenzie, Nicole; Cheung, Damon S. M.; MacLeod, Emily C.; Careless, Philip; Kwoon, A.

doi:10.1007/s10905-006-9049-9

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“…Otis et al (2006) reported that two Papilio butterflies were highly attracted to artificial puddles with dead decoys of conspecific and heterospecific butterflies [35]. In contrast, our results showed that flower-visiting butterflies were not attracted to conspecific or heterospecific residents.…”

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Flower-Visiting Butterflies Avoid Predatory Stimuli and Larger Resident Butterflies: Testing in a Butterfly Pavilion

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The flower-visiting behaviors of pollinator species are affected not only by flower traits but also by cues of predators and resident pollinators. There is extensive research into the effects of predator cues and resident pollinators on the flower-visiting behaviors of bee pollinators. However, there is relatively little research into their effects on butterfly pollinators probably because of the difficulty in observing a large number of butterfly pollination events. We conducted a dual choice experiment using artificial flowers under semi-natural conditions in the butterfly pavilion at Tama Zoological Park to examine the effects of the presence of a dead mantis and resident butterflies have on the flower-visiting behavior of several butterfly species. From 173 hours of recorded video, we observed 3235 visitations by 16 butterfly species. Statistical analysis showed that (1) butterflies avoided visiting flowers occupied by a dead mantis, (2) butterflies avoided resident butterflies that were larger than the visitor, and (3) butterflies showed greater avoidance of a predator when the predator was present together with the resident butterfly than when the predator was located on the opposite flower of the resident. Finally, we discuss the similarities and differences in behavioral responses of butterfly pollinators and bees.

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Flower-Visiting Butterflies Avoid Predatory Stimuli and Larger Resident Butterflies: Testing in a Butterfly Pavilion

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“…One possible mechanism to improve an individual's chance finding puddling substrates is to search for conspecifics that may be puddling and join them. Joining behavior has been demonstrated in the context of puddling for several species of Lepidoptera, such as Appias albino ( Gadagkar 2006 ), several Pieridae species ( Beck et al 1999 ), Battus philenor and Papilio glaucus ( Arms et al 1974 , Otis et al 2006 ), and have also been found in various ecological/behavioral contexts for some species of Hemiptera ( Kidd 1976 ), Orthoptera ( Muller 1998 ), Coleoptera ( Raffa et al 1993 ), Diptera ( Barnhart and Chadwick 1953 , Wiesmann 1962 , Spivak et al 1991 , McCall and Cameron 1995 , Collins and Bell 1996 , Pinero and Prokopy 2004 ), and Hymenoptera ( Fowler 1992 , Reid et al 1995 , Raveret Richter and Tisch 1999 , D'Adamo et al 2000 ).…”

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“…Second, joining an aggregation can synchronize breeding ( Clayton 1978 ) and/or enhance attractiveness to potential mates ( Chapman et al 1986 ; Cade and Cade 1992 ; Muller 1998 ). Individuals can also find rare and patchily distributed resources by moving towards conspecific—occupied resources ( Arms et al 1974 ; Beck et al 1999 ; Otis et al 2006 ).…”

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The Presence of Conspecific Decoys Enhances the Attractiveness of an NaCl Resource to the Yellow-Spined Locust,Ceracris kiangsu

Wang

Xiao

et al. 2011

Journal of Insect Science

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Adults of the yellow-spined bamboo locust, Ceracris kiangsu Tsai (Orthoptera: Oedipodidae), aggregate and gnaw at human urine-contaminated materials, a phenomenon termed puddling. Several urine-borne chemicals, including NaCl, are known to stimulate adult C. kiangsu to consume filter paper. Because in nature C. kiangsu adults may use cues to locate puddling resources, we tested the influence of conspecific decoys (dried C. kiangsu) on foraging and consumption of 3% NaCl—treated filter paper. In a two—choice test experiment in the laboratory, female adults showed no preference for filter papers (not treated with NaCL) with or without decoys. In contrast, C. kiangsu females consumed significantly more NaCl—treated filter paper on which conspecific decoys were attached than those without decoys in both the laboratory and in a bamboo forest. When the bait was changed to 3% NaCl plus the insecticide bisultap, significantly more C. kiangsu were killed in the bamboo forest when decoys were present, however the results were not significant when the experiment was done in the laboratory. Hence, moving towards conspecifics seems to facilitate NaCl resource foraging in C. kiangsu, suggesting that the presence of conspecifics promotes feeding on puddling resources.

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“…To create host-plants with different levels of conspecific density, dead model female cabbage whites were pinned in oviposition posture onto the cabbage leaves. Dead, pinned conspecifics are commonly used as social cues in insects, including butterflies (Jones, Ryan, & Chittka, 2015;Otis et al, 2006). Butterflies used as models were purchased from Carolina Biological Supply as eggs and reared to adulthood in the lab on artificial diet to ensure homogeneity among models and exclude the possibility that the population tested in the assays would have prior experience with these conspecifics.…”

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Trade-offs between fecundity and choosiness in ovipositing butterflies

Jaumann

Snell‐Rood

2017

Animal Behaviour

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Being choosy can allow animals to find and identify the best resources or safest locations to rear offspring. Despite these benefits, individuals vary in the degree to which they are choosy. One explanation is that choosiness represents a costly form of offspring investment and is part of a suite of life history trade-offs. We examined trade-offs between choosiness and fecundity in the cabbage white butterfly, Pieris rapae. To test the prediction that choosiness is negatively correlated with fecundity, we presented female cabbage whites with an array of host plant leaves that varied in nutrient content and conspecific density. Butterflies preferentially laid eggs on leaves with higher nutrient content and fewer conspecific models. In addition, butterflies that were choosier with regard to plant nutrition also tended to be choosy in terms of conspecific density. Choosy females were less fecund, with fecundity measured as the sum of eggs laid over three days and remaining mature eggs in their abdomen. These results are consistent with the idea that life history trade-offs include investment in costly behavioural traits that require time and energy, such as choosiness or cognition.

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Local Enhancement in Mud-Puddling Swallowtail Butterflies (Battus philenor and Papilio glaucus)

Cited by 25 publications

References 29 publications

Flower-Visiting Butterflies Avoid Predatory Stimuli and Larger Resident Butterflies: Testing in a Butterfly Pavilion

Flower-Visiting Butterflies Avoid Predatory Stimuli and Larger Resident Butterflies: Testing in a Butterfly Pavilion

The Presence of Conspecific Decoys Enhances the Attractiveness of an NaCl Resource to the Yellow-Spined Locust,Ceracris kiangsu

Trade-offs between fecundity and choosiness in ovipositing butterflies

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