with butterflies tend to associate something very pleasant.No wonder there is a sign in the East, that if she will fly into the house, be sure to visit his happiness.This colorful shred indicates that it is warm, happy days are coming, and the insect itself is so beautiful, that, of course, in all cultures, it can symbolize only bright images.
One of the most common and frequent in our winged beauties is
butterfly rash.
It appears already since April, when the snow melts and barely punched shoots first and, as the day, flutters where most nettle because its caterpillars feed only called burning plant.
butterfly rash has a fairly small size, wingspan up to 5 cm, and noticeable color - brick red with large black and yellow spots on the outer edge of the front wings.A dark fringes the rear rim with blue dots in the form of a crescent.Ground black wings and back side brownish.This, incidentally, provides the perfect disguise hives during the winter in the hollows, attics and barns.Beautiful photos of butterflies you can see right here.
In general, this species can be found in a large area from Europe to East Asia.Butterfly urticaria-graced gardens blooming edge and any territory, eating nectar and spreading pollen.It is found even in the mountains at an altitude of 3000 m. The stinging nettle females lay eggs, turning it into a kind of "tree", decorated with tiny gold balls.This occurs up to three times during the summer.From this plant, our butterfly gets its name.
Tracks painted in dark, almost black color with light yellow double stripes on both sides, have thorns.They live, usually in groups.During their development larvae molt several times, becoming larger in size.
to convert they hang upside down, secured with its adhesive.In place of the caterpillars form a rather angular chrysalis inside which for three weeks, a miracle happens - there comes a butterfly-rash.When the cocoon bursts, then hid inside a creature is born with little wings, and cracking down on the growing right before our eyes.As soon as they are fit to fly, insect shoots up.
If you look closely to the behavior of our butterflies, you'll find that it accurately predicts rain.Hives two hours before the changes in the weather begins to hide in the shelter, hanging somewhere under the sheet upside down, and sometimes even flying into the house.
In October, the insect goes in hibernation.This is an amazing creature can thoroughly promerznut, becoming just a small piece of ice in our cold winters, but does not die.It only stiffens, waiting for a warm and serene days.But there is our one of the first butterfly, delighting the eye and heralding the onset of heat.
Incidentally, survive only fertilized female woodcocks hives, and males die with the onset of cold weather.
French call hives butterfly, turtle, and the Germans - chanterelles.But how to define it, it is difficult not to agree that this beautiful butterfly.Photos of some of them, we can offer you in this article.