From jeff at mineralmovies.com Thu May 28 16:36:34 2020 From: jeff at mineralmovies.com (jeff at mineralmovies.com) Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 16:36:34 -0400 Subject: [Leps-l] Hesperiinae: video of unknown structure / behavior Message-ID: <000c01d6352f$addcebc0$0996c340$@mineralmovies.com> I was filming a Peck's skipper the other day, (Polites peckius) and saw something that I had never seen before: some large black bristles jumped into place when the (male) butterfly opened its wings. You can see the video here: https://vimeo.com/423768722 The butterfly was perching for quite a long time before this. I did not seen any female nearby. I'm assuming this is some sort of hair-pencil, or male scent scales. Does anyone know anything about these in Hesperiinae? Can you point me to any references as to their function? Does anyone know if some or all of the Hesperiinae have these structures? I have seen something about hair-pencils on the tibia of some male skippers, but these scales seem to be from between the fore and hind wings. Would love to learn more! Jeff Fast www.MineralMovies.com (860) 985 - 6321 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rcech at nyc.rr.com Thu May 28 17:22:56 2020 From: rcech at nyc.rr.com (rcech at nyc.rr.com) Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 17:22:56 -0400 Subject: [Leps-l] Hesperiinae: video of unknown structure / behavior In-Reply-To: <000c01d6352f$addcebc0$0996c340$@mineralmovies.com> References: <000c01d6352f$addcebc0$0996c340$@mineralmovies.com> Message-ID: <004501d63536$2833ae30$789b0a90$@nyc.rr.com> I checked the male skipper shots from my book pictures (BF of the East Coast) and saw that most spread males have similar 'hair-pencils.' As near as I could tell from a quick review (most pix don't show point of connection, they seem to emanate from the leading edge of the HW (but hard to say, could be from the body nearby). So this isn't an aberration. Rick From: Leps-l On Behalf Of jeff at mineralmovies.com Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2020 4:37 PM To: leps-l at mailman.yale.edu Subject: [Leps-l] Hesperiinae: video of unknown structure / behavior I was filming a Peck's skipper the other day, (Polites peckius) and saw something that I had never seen before: some large black bristles jumped into place when the (male) butterfly opened its wings. You can see the video here: https://vimeo.com/423768722 The butterfly was perching for quite a long time before this. I did not seen any female nearby. I'm assuming this is some sort of hair-pencil, or male scent scales. Does anyone know anything about these in Hesperiinae? Can you point me to any references as to their function? Does anyone know if some or all of the Hesperiinae have these structures? I have seen something about hair-pencils on the tibia of some male skippers, but these scales seem to be from between the fore and hind wings. Would love to learn more! Jeff Fast www.MineralMovies.com (860) 985 - 6321 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From covell at louisville.edu Thu May 28 20:43:13 2020 From: covell at louisville.edu (Charles Covell) Date: Thu, 28 May 2020 20:43:13 -0400 Subject: [Leps-l] Hesperiinae: video of unknown structure / behavior In-Reply-To: <000c01d6352f$addcebc0$0996c340$@mineralmovies.com> References: <000c01d6352f$addcebc0$0996c340$@mineralmovies.com> Message-ID: Never too late to discover something anew. Best wishes to y'all and stay safe. Cheers, Charlie On Thu, May 28, 2020 at 4:36 PM wrote: > *CAUTION:* This email originated from outside of our organization. Do not > click links, open attachments, or respond unless you recognize the sender's > email address and know the contents are safe. > > I was filming a Peck?s skipper the other day, (Polites peckius) and saw > something that I had never seen before: some large black bristles jumped > into place when the (male) butterfly opened its wings. You can see the > video here: > > https://vimeo.com/423768722 > > The butterfly was perching for quite a long time before this. I did not > seen any female nearby. > > I?m assuming this is some sort of hair-pencil, or male scent scales. > Does anyone know anything about these in Hesperiinae? Can you point me > to any references as to their function? Does anyone know if some or all > of the Hesperiinae have these structures? I have seen something about > hair-pencils on the tibia of some male skippers, but these scales seem to > be from between the fore and hind wings. > > Would love to learn more! > > Jeff Fast > > *www.MineralMovies.com* > > (860) 985 - 6321 > > _______________________________________________ > Leps-l mailing list > Leps-l at mailman.yale.edu > https://mailman.yale.edu/mailman/listinfo/leps-l > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: