Hummingbird Fairy
Butterflies: Such Amazing Creatures
Have you ever wondered how an ugly creature can turn into one of the most beautiful insects? The answer to this is not a fairy tale. Try to check out the butterfly’s life cycle and you will see how the impossible is made possible. This is just one of the many wonders of nature. Imagine how a caterpillar turns into an amazing creature like a butterfly – it’s pretty amazing.
After the caterpillar turns into a pupa, it becomes a butterfly after sometime. Butterflies are large insects that flaunt their beautiful wings when they fly. They can be seen in all countries around the globe especially in areas that are topical. And there are different types of butterflies that can be found in this world.
Here are some of the types of butterflies:
American Painted Lady – this type you can normally see in desserts, meadows and mountains. They feast on the nectars of zinnia, thistle, mint, heliotrope and butterfly bush. Sunflower, thistle, wormwood, borage and hollyhocks are some of this type’s host plants
Hummingbird Sphinx Moth – they are easily visible during the day and mostly seen in open areas where host plants grow. They feed on the nectar of four o’clocks, lilacs, nicotiana and petunias. Their host plant is snowberry.
European Cabbage White – found in agricultural fields, gardens and woodlands. They feast on the nectar of Black-eyed susan, dogbane, loose-strife, milkweed, and purple coneflower. Their host plant is violet.
Monarch – they are normally seen in open areas, meadow, fields, marshes and roadside. Butterfly bush, cosmos, lilac, lantana, mints and milkweed are the sources of the nectars that they take. Host plant for this type is the milkweed.
Orange sulfur – they can be found in fields, meadows and lawns and consider legumes, alfalfa, clovers, trefoil and vetch as their host plants. They like the nectars of aster, clover and alfalfa.
Red Admiral or Vanessa Atalanta – they love the nectars of butterfly bush, dandelion, ageratum, milkweed, red clover and even that of the rotten fruits. Nettle family is their host plant and open woodland, forest edge, meadows and stream banks are considered to be their natural habitat.
Fritillaries which include Great spangled (Speyeria cybele), variegated (Euptoieta claudia) and silver bordered (Clossiana selene) – violet is their host plant and they feast on black-eyed susan, dogbane, loose-strife, purple, milkweed and cornflower. They are normally seen at their natural habitats which are the open areas, fields and forest edges.
Tomato Hornworm Sphinx Moth (Manduca Quinquemaculata) – grown up butterflies of this type feasts on nicotiana, petunia datura, four o’clocks and phlox. The can be seen in agricultural fields and gardens mostly at dusk and night. Its caterpillar form depends on tomatoes, tobacco, potatoes, peppers and eggplant to grow.
Butterflies, both in caterpillar and grown-up form, depend on plants for food. The caterpillar depends on the host plants and the butterfly gets the nectars from flowers and plants. The good thing about this is after they get their food from plants they help them back through pollination. This is something that human should do as well. They should learn that after receiving they have to give back.
About the Author
Author tells about the various types of butterflies present around you, and which of them can be used as gifts. Parents can help their children by presenting such gifts to them.
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