Butterfly Metamorphosis

Butterfly Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis is the process of a caterpillar into a new animal (perfect phase) is a butterfly. In the process occurs long enough and long namum simple. First of all start ari eggs in place by a butterfly on a leaf (usually leaf tree can also be orange or other trees), which aims eventually leaves can be a caterpillar food until reaching adulthood after the time came to the pupa / cocoon and in few days will be a new butterfly.

► EGG

The eggs will hatch between 3-5 days, larvae will walk to the edge of the leaves of host plants and start eating it. Some larvae consume an empty egg shell as his first food of the larval skin is not stretched out to follow its growth, but when it became very strict larvae will change its skin.

LARVA (WORM)

► After hatching the larvae will feed Most larvae consume an empty egg shell as a first food. Outer skin of the larva does not stretch to follow its growth, but when it became very strict larvae will change its skin.

► Number of change of skin during larval life are generally 4-6 times, and the period between the turn of the skin (molting) are called instars.

► butterfly larvae vary in shape, but in most of the cylindrical-shaped, and sometimes memepunyai hair, spines, tubercles or filaments.

► When the larvae reach maximum growth, the larvae stopped eating, went looking for the nearest shelter, attach themselves to twigs or leaves with woven yarn. Larvae have entered the prepupa phase skin and releasing the last time to form pupae.

Pupa (cocoon)

► Phase pupa when viewed from the outside like the rest period, whereas in the formation process occurs in the pupa the perfect insect. Pupa is generally hard, smooth and form a structure without limbs. In general, the pupa is green, brown or a color according to the surroundings. (Camouflaged). Establishment of a butterfly in the pupa usually lasts for 7-20 days depending on the species

Butterfly

► Once out of the pupa, the butterflies will crawl to the top so that the wings are weak, wrinkled and slightly wet can hang down and inflate normally. Immediately after the wings dry, fluffy and strong, the wings will open and close several times and attempted to fly.

► Phase imago or butterfly is the adult stage

BUTTERFLY BEHAVIOR:

The butterfly is an insect that does the activity in the daytime, at night the butterflies will rest and terlindungan leaves of trees.

during the active growing butterflies flying and foraging activity and production. Foraging activities carried out on their own but often seem male butterflies and batina fly in pairs and in time will make copulation.

Furthermore, the parent of butterflies will lay their eggs on host plants. a range of butterfly wings will terbamg small low between 10 cm-2 m. While the butterfly wing span larger fly higher to ± 10 m. On the foraging activity, the butterfly will perch on flowers and stuck probosisnya.

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