so happened that the insect in our society are mostly negative.Some plants spiders or cockroaches as pets, and in some parts of the world they eat, but mostly they cause people disgust and other negative emotions.Exceptions were only the butterflies, which, though considered by insects, but the attitude of society towards them the opposite: they admire, admire, and even used as flowers.
representatives detachment Lepidoptera not only pleasing to others by their appearance, they play a crucial role in plant life - pollinate them.People mostly attracted butterfly wings its beauty and intricate patterns, and in fact among the more than 200,000 species of insects, not all so harmless and beautiful, as is commonly believed.
among these lovely creatures encountered pests (eg, cabbage moth or fruit moth), and even vampires (some species of nocturnal scoops).Contrary to popular belief that a butterfly's wings have to be big and beautiful, some species are generally wingless (eg some volnyanki or moth).Lepidoptera squad is very diverse, its representatives often do not resemble each other in appearance as a habitat or food preferences.
back to the butterflies in the classic sense (those that feed on nectar and have large colorful wings), it should be noted that they, like many other insects, so just look at the last stage of its development.Life begins with lepidopteran eggs that the female lays in a secluded place.It may be overgrown with grass, foliage of trees, the pond bottom (and it happens) or cupboard in the kitchen (some species of moths breed in foods) .Spustya while appearing larvae, also known as caterpillars.In most cases, they are pests (except bloodsucking species).In the process of growth and development, the caterpillars are able to destroy the products in dozens of times its own volume, and if there are thousands and tens of thousands, they are able to eat the whole field, being a kind of natural disaster.Eventually the larva becomes a pupa (in some species this stage of development is absent), and then - a butterfly.
last stage of Lepidoptera does not last long.Some species from the time when there will be the first wave of butterfly wings to death and time to spend just a few hours (they are called - phony).In this larval stage they can live for several years.The structure of the one-day butterfly does not provide for the digestive system - they eat only as caterpillars, "matured", left offspring in the form of eggs and die.
In some countries there are entire parks and gardens, where these beautiful insects to feed people fly freely among the flowers and trees, delighting visitors with intricate patterns.Looking at the wings of a butterfly, which, slowly rocking them, sitting on a flower, it is difficult to believe that it is - the closest relative of the cabbage, destroying crops.But it is true.
These creatures are sometimes so great that people are willing to spend hours watching with bated breath to see how they fly from flower to flower, but sometimes they are disgusting and bloodthirsty.It so happened that some butterfly wings attached to a beautiful pattern, like a flower, while others only cause resentment because of crop losses.This, apparently, is the basic riddle of the nature of Lepidoptera.
