What does a butterfly eat? Detailed answer

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What does a butterfly eat?

As you know, the life of a butterfly goes through several cycles. First the egg, then the caterpillar, then the chrysalis (which sleeps all winter), and finally the butterfly emerges from the chrysalis. There is one period in the life of a butterfly when it eats especially a lot. This is the time when she is a caterpillar.

For some species of butterflies, the caterpillar stage is the only period of life when they eat anything at all. The caterpillar eats and grows in size until the skin bursts, which gives way to a new one, and so many times in a row, and after a few weeks the caterpillar becomes many times larger than at the beginning.

But in general, butterflies are quite adapted to eating: they have a head, chest, abdomen. Those butterflies that eat have a proboscis instead of a mouth, which is in a folded state between meals, like a clock spring. This proboscis can penetrate deep into the core of the flower in order to suck out its nectar.

In moths, this proboscis can reach a length of 15-20 cm, so that it is able to penetrate large tubular flowers. Some of them have incisor-like teeth at the end of their proboscis, with which she can gnaw through the peel of fruits and drink their juice!

Author: Likum A.

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It will probably surprise many that fish can sniff things. But like all other organisms, fish sniff with their noses. Fish have two pairs of nostrils. Each nostril has two openings. One in front, the other just behind him. The location of the nostrils on the head can be completely different, depending on the type of fish. The flow of water passes through all the holes. It flows into the front and out through the back. At the same time, water irritates sensitive cells that tell the fish about the smell.

Many fish have a keen sense of smell. They can detect even a faint trace of a substance. Indeed, the sense of touch can be very important for fish when they find their way home. You know that sturgeons return to their original spawning habitats.

How do they do it? Scientists believe that they show their children the way by smell. The researchers trained the sturgeon to distinguish between 14 different types of odors. Some fish can tell the difference between water from two bodies of water. But if their noses are plugged, they cannot do it.

For other experiments, a large group of sturgeon was taken from their native waters. One half got their noses plugged, the other half didn't. Those whose noses didn't work got lost. The second found their way to their pond.

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