Butterfly: Colorful and Beautiful Insect

Have you ever notice this beautiful creature that when it spread its wings it brings out different attractive colors that you can’t imagine where do those combinations came from?

The butterfly can be found in most countries in the world, but there tend to be more butterflies in warmer climates. The butterfly is a type of insect that feeds on flower nectar through its long and curled straw-like tongue.

Butterflies are similar in appearance and tendencies to moths, with many species of butterfly often getting confused as a moth and moths with butterflies. In general the butterfly species tend to be more brightly colored than the moth species, but there are exceptions.

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The butterfly's most reputable characteristic is the fact that there is an incredible morphing process, during the life cycle of the butterfly. The butterfly starts life as a caterpillar, which cocoons itself in a silky thread. The caterpillar emerges from it's time in the pod, with colorful wings.

The butterflies in the tropical rain forests of the southern hemisphere can get to incredible sizes, with the wings of these butterflies displaying some of the brightest colors in the natural world.

It has been estimated that there are between 15,000 and 20,000 different species of butterfly in the world as more are constantly being discovered particularly in dense jungle regions that have little contact with humans. The different species of butterfly vary in size and color as well as the differences in the bright patterns that are displayed on the wings of the butterfly.

Behavioral defenses include perching and wing positions to avoid being conspicuous. Some female Nymph lid butterflies are known to guard their eggs from parasitoid wasps.

Eye spots and tails are found in many lycaenid butterflies and these divert the attention of predators from the more vital head region. An alternative theory is that these cause ambush predators such as spiders to approach from the wrong end and allow for early visual detection.

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A butterfly's hind wings are thought to allow the butterfly to take swift, tight turns to evade predators.

Many things to learn about butterfly, but all I can say is that; they are one of God’s beautiful creation as wonderful and amazing!

Source: a-z-animals.com