1.1S) Insect Ecology (29-9-2016) Butterfly
Admission Number: - MAE15007 (29-Sep-2016)
The
Life of Beautiful insect (Butterfly)
Butterfly
is the most beautiful & common insect which we usually see near our surroundings.
Butterflies are having life span up to 12 months. Butterflies & moths are
look like same but both are different. Butterflies close wing when they are
taking pollen from flowers & it takes pollen only in day time, but moths open
the wings when they take pollen from flowers in night time only. Like ants
& Honey bees the butterflies don’t have proper home.
Some
of the butterfly families are Hedylidae, Hesperildae, Lycaenidae, Pieridae,
Riodinidae & others.
Insect
is classified by these following characteristics that are having compound eyes,
3 pairs of legs, thorax & abdomen.
Life Cycle:-
The
life cycle of Butterfly is called as “Metamorphosis” the series of change. In
metamorphosis they are 4 stages that are Egg, caterpillar, pupa & butterfly.
The
Female butterfly (Monarch) lays eggs under the tree leaf, within few days the
egg will become caterpillar in few days & start eating leaf slowly. The
caterpillar will gradually become a pupa, it sticks to a tree & protect her
by showing her like a new stem of a tree. After some days slowly the Pupa will
become an adult Butterfly. And again it lay eggs & start life cycle.
Body Parts: -
Body
parts are Compound eyes, nose is called antennal sensilla through they can
smell, mouth is called maxillary pury through they can taste, taste buds are
called palps.
The
eyes were called as compound eyes having 1000 lenses, through which they can
see the world with low resolution because lack of Oomatidia. Generally the
butterflies can’t see some colors, but they can see ultraviolent rays. Through
Nectar guide through UV rays the flower attracts butterfly for pollination for
plants & food for butterfly.
Food:-
The
Butterfly food was Pollen from flowers. By taking pollen from flowers it’s not
only feeding him/herself, but also helping plants in pollination. Pollination
helps trees in reproduction. Cow dung is also another food for butterfly.
The
relationship between insects and flowers is called mutuvalis & parasite.
Mutuvalis means helping each other (Taking food from plants & helping in
pollination). And Parasite means cheating the plant without pollination the
plants.
Comments in Class:-
Even
though you are classified, they don’t have logical flow. Creative title is
necessary.
Conclusion:-
Butterfly
helps us in enjoying the beauty of Nature (Through his/her beauty), then our
mind will divert from stress. It helps in increasing plants through
pollination. This will helps in decreasing pollution.
References
Insect Ecology PPT’s
Wikipedia: For butterfly’s families
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