Chalcedon Checkerspot butterfly mating dance courtship V00269

4,621 views · Published 31 January 2007 · 1:01 · Indexed 10 November 2026

Channel: JCMegabyte · 2007 · Pets & Animals

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This pair of Chalsedon Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalsedona) butterflies court each other but in the end the male flies off without mating. Much more butterfly/moth video, photography and life cycle studies available free to the public at HTTP://jcmdi.com, and the Hi-Res version of this video is available on DVD at http://technician.jcmdi.com/lepdvd01/lepdvd01.html for details.

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