The Butterfly

Life cycle of Butterfly

 From egg to grown-up, butterflies experience a progression of physical changes known as transformation. Subsequent to mating, the female butterfly lays her eggs on a caterpillar sustenance or "host" plant. The eggs can incubate inside a couple of days, or inside months or even years, contingent upon whether conditions are correct. 

In the wake of bring forth, a caterpillar starts to eat the host plant. The caterpillar sheds its skin a few times amid this stage. It at that point looks for a shielded spot, suspends itself by smooth strings and sheds one final time to uncover skin that will solidify to shape the chrysalis or pupa. Days, months or even years after the fact, contingent upon the species, a completely created winged grown-up rises up out of the chrysalis and the cycle starts once more. 

Barrier Mechanisms of Butterfly

 Many butterflies have created intriguing methods for safeguarding themselves from predators. One technique is mask, or "obscure tinge", where the butterfly can resemble a leaf or mix into the bark of a tree to avoid predators. Another technique is compound guard, where the butterfly has developed to have harmful synthetic substances in its body. 

These types of butterfly are regularly brilliantly shaded, and predators have learned after some time to connect their splendid shading with the awful taste of the synthetic substances.

Butterflies taste with their feet

Butterflies have taste receptors on their feet to help them find their host plants and locate food. A female butterfly lands on different plants, drumming the leaves with her feet until the plant releases its juices. Spines on the back of her legs have chemoreceptors that detect the right match of plant chemicals. When she identified the right plant, she lays her eggs. A butterfly will also step on its food, using organs that sense dissolved sugars to taste food sources like fermenting fruit.

Butterflies drink from mud puddles

A butterfly cannot live on sugar alone; it needs minerals, too. To supplement its diet of nectar, a butterfly will occasionally sip from mud puddles, which are rich in minerals and salts. This behavior, called puddling, occurs more often in male butterflies, which incorporate the minerals into their sperm. These nutrients are then transferred to the female during mating, and help improve the viability of her eggs.