Not now, dear - female butterfly closes wings to avoid sex

Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 08:00 in Biology & Nature

TOKYO (Reuters) - One kind of female butterfly mates only once in its life -- and then closes its wings to avoid "harassment" when pursued by persistent and unwanted males, a Japanese researcher said.

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