Butterflies
Most butterflies are considered diurnal. This is so because they can only fly when their body temperature is above 86 degrees, so they use the sun to warm themselves up. Their speed is different depending on the specie; the poisonous tend to be slower than the non-poisonous. The fastest fly up to about 30 miles per hours, while the slow ones fly about 5.
Butterflies use a tube-like proboscis, which is a long and flexible “tongue”, in order to sip only liquid food and feed themselves. Most butterflies live of nectars from flowers but others use liquid from rotting fruits or animal
flesh and fluids, pollen, tree sap, or dissolved minerals in wet dirt. In order to gain the hydration they need, they sip water from damp places. For energy they sip nectar, from which they also gain sodium and other minerals that are vital for their reproduction.
They are found all over the world in any type of environment, from hot and cold to dry and moist and sea level and high altitudes like mountains. But, in environments like a tropical rainforest is where you can find a huge variety of pecies. Even though they can be found in any type of environment and live there, most of them migrate to avoid cold weathers. They also look for semiarid areas where breeding seasons are shorter. Some migrate shorts distances while other species can migrate thousands of miles. They use the sun to orient themselves during the day while migrating.
Adult butterflies are well known for their beauty in the environment which is a positive impact in the environment. Another positive impact is that they serve as pollinators. Since they’re diet consists mostly on nectar from flowers, they pick up pollen on their feet and wings and transfer it to nearby flowers and plants. Also, when caterpillars eat leaves, they are consuming aphids, they emove the destructing ones to help control their population. At the end of their life cycle, they help the environment by providing food to other creatures, since they play an important part in the food chain
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