Why Butterflies Sleep Together

from ScienceNOW Daily News
March 20, 2012

When it’s time to settle in for the night, red postman butterflies (Heliconius erato) often roost in groups of four or five. To figure out why, researchers hung several thousand fake versions of the insects around the forest in Panama and Costa Rica.

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