SriCity Nature Society

Butterflies the lovely and graceful insects provide economic and ecological benefits to the human society. Having multi hued colors on their wings, they enhance the earth’s beauty incontestably, and add immense aesthetic value to the ambient environment. They accomplish pollination, a key stone ecological process in natural sustainability throughout the world. Being development on vegetation on both as adults and larvae, they involve themselves in complex feeding relationships with green plants. As adults they require a succession of adequate nectar resources. Nectar provides energy for flight, which is vital to find makes and to disperse the species. As larvae, butterflies are typically host specific and often show a “Botanical instinct” in that closely related butterfly species choose closely related plants. As such butterflies provide the best rapid indicators of habit quality and also they are the sensitive indicators of climatic change. An estimated 20,000 - 25,000 species of b...

Meditation is the process of transformation and beautification of soul from a leaf-eating caterpillar to a nectar-sipping butterfly. It grows with the wings of love and compassion. Onset of summer is also when you get to see lot of butterflies around, so it is a great time to take a few minutes and learn something new about butterflies and appreciate their beauty. How to help Butterflies need our help to survive as they rely on flowers and other natural sources for survival. We can help them by planting more flowers. There are more than 20,000 types of butterflies worldwide. Their wing spans can range from 1/2 inch to 11 inches. Butterflies in their adult stage can live from a week to nearly a year, depending on the species. Many butterflies migrate over long distances. Particularly famous migrations are those of the Monarch butterfly from Mexico to the northern USA and southern Canada, a distance of about 2500 to 3000 miles.

1. Start a butterfly garden One of the best ways to attract butterflies to your yard is to plant nectar-producing flowers that have red, yellow, orange, pink, or purple blossoms. Plant them in a sunny spot in a group so they grow in clusters. 2. Make a butterfly snack Fresh fruit is the perfect springtime snack, so use your imagination to whip up a fruity butterfly treat. You can also put a bit of fruit out in your garden for the butterflies to enjoy. 3. Learn something you didn’t know about butterflies Did you know that a butterfly can’t fly if its body temperature falls below 86°F? Or that they drink the tears of turtles? And they use their feet to taste? 4. Get crafty Grab some card, pipe cleaners and clothes peg and some pom-poms and here’s how you create your own butterfly: Decorate some card with markers and then spray it with water to create its wings. Once it dries, wrap a pipe cleaner around the middle of the card. Glue pom-poms onto the clothespin and clip...

Butterflies taste with their feet. A group of butterflies is sometimes called a flutter. Their eyes are made of 6,000 lenses and can see ultraviolet light. There are 165,000 known species of butterflies found on every continent except Antarctica. Many adult butterflies never excrete waste – they use up all they eat for energy. Despite popular belief, butterfly wings are clear – the colors and patterns we see are made by the reflection of the tiny scales covering them. Butterfly wings move in a figure “8” motion. Butterflies vary in size – the largest species may reach 12 inches across, while the smallest may only be half an inch. Some butterfly species lay their eggs on only one type of plant. The Very Hungry Caterpillar was no joke – the first meal after a caterpillar hatches is usually the eggshell from which it has just emerged. In some areas, the number of feeding caterpillars on plants is so great that you can actually hear them munching. Thus, manners are not import...