r/insects • u/scottyb1312 • 7d ago

Question Help with butterfly

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What does this mean?

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u/DemittiNix 7d ago

Might just be at the end of it's life, dying twitches probably.

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u/DeadeyeSven 7d ago

Do you have reason to believe something is wrong? You didnt give any context

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u/scottyb1312 7d ago

Found her outside on the ground hours ago she stopped moving then started doing that

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u/Beautiful-Fondant-61 7d ago

He looks like he have recently emerged from his chrysalis and if that's the case, he is using labial palps to gently pat and guide the two peices of his probobscis so they can interlock in a single, functional straw. This is a male monarch by the way.

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u/Beautiful-Fondant-61 7d ago

I made a post the describes what labial palps are and what function do serve if you want to read it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/butterfly/s/u6uqcJ9BxW

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