Admiral Butterfly no relation to the open sea has not.Neither she nor her ancestors have never seen the ocean vistas.Admiral Butterfly - only overland creation.But her outfit - black wings with red border - quite reminiscent admiral's stripes.But despite such a grand view of butterfly - quite a common thing on all continents of the globe.How does a butterfly, Admiral?This is a fairly large insect.The length of the wing reaches three and a half centimeters, scale - up to six centimeters.The color of the wings varies from dark brown to black.In the middle of the front wings passes red stripe, on which both stars are arranged white spots.The edges of the second pair of wings decorated with red trim, which is decorated with black pea and dual blue spot at the torso.How does the butterfly Admiral below?On the front wings repeated top figure.The lower pair is usually brown and covered with a pattern of dashes and dots.
This day migratory butterfly.Admiral populations at latitudes of our country replenished individuals who arrived from the south.Basically they arrive from North Africa.Butterflies migrate like and flocks but alone fly one after the other in one direction.At the going extremely rare.Admiral Butterfly - "lonely wanderer."Upon arrival a female lays one egg on the leaves of plants consumed future offspring into the food.And it looks like a butterfly in the caterpillar stage, Admiral?From eggs appear caterpillars white color with yellowish spines, spots and dots all over the body.Longitudinal strips it does not.Larvae develop from May to August.Living in a tube folded leaves of the same plants that are eaten: nettles, thistles and hop.How does the Admiral butterfly at the pupal stage?Whitish doll, which they are building for the transformation into an adult, is attached to the stems and hanging freely.Future Butterfly is in her head down.
Adult butterflies feed on the nectar of fragrant flowers, tree sap, berries and fruits.Their elongated proboscis-like spiral, placed in the center of the flower with the aim to produce food that many other insects available.Most were born in the late summer butterflies sent to the south in the fall.There they take the next generation and die.The life of a butterfly, Admiral is small - about six months.In the spring of juveniles arrive in the place of birth of their parents, to continue the kind of butterfly.But some admirals remain to winter.They fly until late autumn, sometimes until frost.And during the cold season are taken deep into the bark of trees or in deep crevices, where they will not get cold.In early spring, when there is snow drifts large, warmed by the hot sun high, these butterflies are selected from winter shelters and flit in sheltered places.
Admiral butterfly population numbers are subject to change.In some years they appear in great numbers.But in general, a butterfly is quite rare and is listed in the Red Book.
