Nymphalidae Essays

Why are butterflies and human life so alike in their life stages? One reason an insect can be compared to a human is because both life cycles’ start with birth and end with death. The common fear for a butterfly is death and most humans share the same feelings. Each one tries to embrace change and goes through a transformation period. The physical changes between the two consist of four stages. Most of these stages are experiencing events that can’t be avoided and must happen. For instance, the

Bed bugs (Cimex lectularius) are an itchy, embarrassing and increasingly common problem. Although they spread no diseases, bed bugs are hard to get rid of and easy to spread, making them a problem no one wants to admit having. Many people do have the problem, however, due to increases in the frequency of travel and the insects' growing resistance to common pesticides. As the risk of bed bug exposure increases, it's important to understand how to identify and treat bed bug issues. You should also

Meosha Robinson 　　　ISBL 　　　10/22/2015 　　　Monarch Butterfly Decline 　　　The monarch butterfly, scientifically referred to as danaus plexippus, is an extremely popular insect among North America.This insect is highly popular, not because it is beneficial to human existence but because it has the most distinctive migration pattern on top of its physical attributes that catch the human eye. The monarch butterfly has been recorded to travel over 2000 miles in order to get to their summer breeding ground

Many Monarch butterflies migrate 2,500 miles across the Americas each year to arrive in order to hibernate during the winter months. The expedition presents many unavoidable challenges, making it much more difficult for a Monarch to migrate. The weather plays a big role in how and when the Monarchs start their trip; Monarchs leave when the climate becomes cooler where they live and the weather forecast plays a big role in how easy their trip is; if it were to rain a Monarch could be left without

unnecessary mowing and herbicide application, promoting agricultural methods that doesn’t kill milkweeds and other plants that pollinators need, and plant milkweeds in areas that aren’t available. The monarch is a milkweed butterfly in the family of Nymphalidae. How monarchs begin in their life cycle is the eggs are laid singly on the underside of a young leaf of a milkweed plant during the spring and summer months. Next caterpillars are hatched from their egg which takes 3 to 8 days. Then begin the chrysalis