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Bugs are the most extraordinary creatures in our planet. Though small,different or scary to look at, and a short life span, they thrive in some of the unlikely places on earth. They are very useful and necessary to dispose unnecessary and rotten matter. They can be cute and small, yet are pests and harmful to mankind and plants.
We look to the skies to spot an alien but, alien to bugs. We may not know much about these crawling, flying creatures that dwell in huge numbers among us.
Bugs have different characteristics and patterns which can amaze us and make us appreciate them for their important role in nature. Some of their characteristic's include: ability to withstand and survive extraordinary temperature,tackle and camouflage predators, grow and reproduce separately when cut in two, shoot stinky or acid substance on its predator or have stingers with venom. They can change shapes, forms and colors.They have no eyes but can sense with touch or they may have 1000 eyes to clearly track and catch a moving object in mid air. They can be perfectly still and look like a non living object. They can produce sound's from their body parts. Some bugs have huge body, but small wings to carry them at amazing heights, defying a theory of science. Their skill and ability to carry heavier objects than their own body weight, is one of the important characteristic among others, to marvel.
We may knowingly or unknowingly kill them, destroy them using chemicals that are 100 times more harmful to us, consider them gross and filthy that we will not allow them near us or our residence. Their presence is considered as a serious threat. But true knowledge about these extraordinary creatures will make us appreciate their existence and their importance in nature. My application about bugs (Buggy World in iOS and Bugs World in Android) classifies these extraordinary creatures in to many categories and provide insights on their characteristics. Though one application is not enough to capture the huge world of bugs, "Bugs World" or "Buggy World" application paves way as a small step in understanding these beautiful but sadly underestimated creatures.
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We look to the skies to spot an alien but, alien to bugs. We may not know much about these crawling, flying creatures that dwell in huge numbers among us.
Bugs have different characteristics and patterns which can amaze us and make us appreciate them for their important role in nature. Some of their characteristic's include: ability to withstand and survive extraordinary temperature,tackle and camouflage predators, grow and reproduce separately when cut in two, shoot stinky or acid substance on its predator or have stingers with venom. They can change shapes, forms and colors.They have no eyes but can sense with touch or they may have 1000 eyes to clearly track and catch a moving object in mid air. They can be perfectly still and look like a non living object. They can produce sound's from their body parts. Some bugs have huge body, but small wings to carry them at amazing heights, defying a theory of science. Their skill and ability to carry heavier objects than their own body weight, is one of the important characteristic among others, to marvel.
We may knowingly or unknowingly kill them, destroy them using chemicals that are 100 times more harmful to us, consider them gross and filthy that we will not allow them near us or our residence. Their presence is considered as a serious threat. But true knowledge about these extraordinary creatures will make us appreciate their existence and their importance in nature. My application about bugs (Buggy World in iOS and Bugs World in Android) classifies these extraordinary creatures in to many categories and provide insights on their characteristics. Though one application is not enough to capture the huge world of bugs, "Bugs World" or "Buggy World" application paves way as a small step in understanding these beautiful but sadly underestimated creatures.
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Bugs have been flying, crawling and creeping around the planet for millions of years. They have been around since the prehistoric times. These tiny creatures live, eat and breed in conditions where humans cannot imagine to survive. They may live for few days, weeks or months, but these wonderful creatures are sometimes misunderstood and repulsed. Though few species can be dangerous , there is a sense of admiration for the way they do things and sustain themselves. They can also be immensely useful in taking care of the environment.
Through my mobile applications ( under more information tab) and by describing few bugs in this site, I have tried to capture their characteristics and peculiar behavior.
Through my mobile applications ( under more information tab) and by describing few bugs in this site, I have tried to capture their characteristics and peculiar behavior.
Colorful Butterflies
Swallowtail Caterpillar
Most of the caterpillars are quite harmless and voracious eaters. They eat their fill and rest to make a cocoon. So how does nature help them to tackle predators? Some of them are given the ability to change colors with the surroundings. Some are given powerful stingers to sting the predators. Swallowtail Caterpillars have powerful stinkers and they release extremely strong pungent smell to evade the predators. If a bird or lizard gets too close, the swallowtail caterpillar pops up its orange colored osmeteria (oz-mih-teer-ee-uh) behind its head. These organs release a very smelly substance. It is so awful that predators will steer clear. Many times a bad smell can be effective to wade of predators.
These caterpillars turn in to most beautiful and harmless butterflies.
Most of the caterpillars are quite harmless and voracious eaters. They eat their fill and rest to make a cocoon. So how does nature help them to tackle predators? Some of them are given the ability to change colors with the surroundings. Some are given powerful stingers to sting the predators. Swallowtail Caterpillars have powerful stinkers and they release extremely strong pungent smell to evade the predators. If a bird or lizard gets too close, the swallowtail caterpillar pops up its orange colored osmeteria (oz-mih-teer-ee-uh) behind its head. These organs release a very smelly substance. It is so awful that predators will steer clear. Many times a bad smell can be effective to wade of predators.
These caterpillars turn in to most beautiful and harmless butterflies.
Monarch Caterpillar
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Monarch Caterpillar
The monarch caterpillar mostly eat the leaves and flowers of milkweed plant. The plant has a white sappy liquid in its stem.This liquid resembles milk and is toxic. The caterpillar feeds on the liquid. The toxic collects on the caterpillar. Predators learn to avoid these caterpillars.
The monarch caterpillar mostly eat the leaves and flowers of milkweed plant. The plant has a white sappy liquid in its stem.This liquid resembles milk and is toxic. The caterpillar feeds on the liquid. The toxic collects on the caterpillar. Predators learn to avoid these caterpillars.
Gypsy Moth Caterpillar
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Gypsy Moth Caterpillar
It is a furry caterpillar with little needles that prick and cause rash to the skin. They are voracious leaf eaters. They are a pest as they destroy forests and other human cultivation. They look cute but any caterpillar with hairs need to be avoided as they all can sting pretty bad.
It is a furry caterpillar with little needles that prick and cause rash to the skin. They are voracious leaf eaters. They are a pest as they destroy forests and other human cultivation. They look cute but any caterpillar with hairs need to be avoided as they all can sting pretty bad.
Orange Butterfly
Butterflies
The earliest known butterfly fossils date back to 40-50 million years ago.The Butterfly and Moth life cycle consists of 4 parts : egg, larva, pupa and adult. Butterflies have large, often brightly colored wings and fluttering flight. Monarch butterflies will migrate long distances. Some butterflies evolved parasitic relationships to ants. Some are pests because in larval stages they can be a major pest and destroy crops. Some species are agents of pollination of some plants.
Butterflies in their adult stage can live from a week to nearly a year depending on the species. Butterfly larvae, or caterpillars, consume plant leaves and spend practically all their time in search of food. Some types of caterpillars communicate with ants using signals. Ants provide protection to the larvae and thus in turn gather honey dew secretions. When the larva is fully grown, it stops feeding. It begins to wander for a suitable pupation site, often underside of a leaf. The larva transforms in to pupa. The chrysalis is usually incapable of movement, although some species can rapidly move the abdominal segments or produce sounds to scare potential predators.An adult emerges from pupal stage. A butterfly cannot fly until the wings are unfolded. The butterfly needs to spend some time inflating its wings and dry them, during which time it is extremely vulnerable to predators. Most butterflies and moths excrete excess dye after hatching.
Bugs are the most extraordinary creatures in this planet. Though small,different or scary to look at, and a short life span, they thrive in some of the unlikely places on earth. They are very useful and necessary to dispose unnecessary and rotten matter. They can be cute and small, yet are pests and harmful to mankind and plants.
We look to the skies to spot an alien but, alien to bugs. We may not know much about these crawling, flying creatures that dwell in huge numbers among us.
Bugs have different characteristics and patterns which can amaze us and make us appreciate them for their important role in nature. Some of their characteristic's include: ability to withstand and survive extraordinary temperature,tackle and camouflage predators, grow and reproduce separately when cut in two, shoot stinky or acid substance on its predator or have stingers with venom. They can change shapes, forms and colors.They have no eyes but can sense with touch or they may have 1000 eyes to clearly track and catch a moving object in mid air. They can be perfectly still and look like a non living object. They can produce sound's from their body parts. Some bugs have huge body, but small wings to carry them at amazing heights, defying a theory of science. Their skill and ability to carry heavier objects than their own body weight, is one of the important characteristic among others, to marvel.
We may knowingly or unknowingly kill them, destroy them using chemicals that are 100 times more harmful to us, consider them gross and filthy that we will not allow them near us or our residence. Their presence is considered as a serious threat. But true knowledge about these extraordinary creatures will make us appreciate their existence and their importance in nature. My application about bugs (Buggy World in iOS and Bugs World in Android) classifies these extraordinary creatures in to many categories and provide insights on their characteristics. Though one application is not enough to capture the huge world of bugs, "Bugs World" or "Buggy World" application paves way as a small step in understanding these beautiful but sadly underestimated creatures.
For more information on bugs download the application "Buggy World" in iOS and "Bugs World" in Amazon and Google Play Store for Android.
The earliest known butterfly fossils date back to 40-50 million years ago.The Butterfly and Moth life cycle consists of 4 parts : egg, larva, pupa and adult. Butterflies have large, often brightly colored wings and fluttering flight. Monarch butterflies will migrate long distances. Some butterflies evolved parasitic relationships to ants. Some are pests because in larval stages they can be a major pest and destroy crops. Some species are agents of pollination of some plants.
Butterflies in their adult stage can live from a week to nearly a year depending on the species. Butterfly larvae, or caterpillars, consume plant leaves and spend practically all their time in search of food. Some types of caterpillars communicate with ants using signals. Ants provide protection to the larvae and thus in turn gather honey dew secretions. When the larva is fully grown, it stops feeding. It begins to wander for a suitable pupation site, often underside of a leaf. The larva transforms in to pupa. The chrysalis is usually incapable of movement, although some species can rapidly move the abdominal segments or produce sounds to scare potential predators.An adult emerges from pupal stage. A butterfly cannot fly until the wings are unfolded. The butterfly needs to spend some time inflating its wings and dry them, during which time it is extremely vulnerable to predators. Most butterflies and moths excrete excess dye after hatching.
Bugs are the most extraordinary creatures in this planet. Though small,different or scary to look at, and a short life span, they thrive in some of the unlikely places on earth. They are very useful and necessary to dispose unnecessary and rotten matter. They can be cute and small, yet are pests and harmful to mankind and plants.
We look to the skies to spot an alien but, alien to bugs. We may not know much about these crawling, flying creatures that dwell in huge numbers among us.
Bugs have different characteristics and patterns which can amaze us and make us appreciate them for their important role in nature. Some of their characteristic's include: ability to withstand and survive extraordinary temperature,tackle and camouflage predators, grow and reproduce separately when cut in two, shoot stinky or acid substance on its predator or have stingers with venom. They can change shapes, forms and colors.They have no eyes but can sense with touch or they may have 1000 eyes to clearly track and catch a moving object in mid air. They can be perfectly still and look like a non living object. They can produce sound's from their body parts. Some bugs have huge body, but small wings to carry them at amazing heights, defying a theory of science. Their skill and ability to carry heavier objects than their own body weight, is one of the important characteristic among others, to marvel.
We may knowingly or unknowingly kill them, destroy them using chemicals that are 100 times more harmful to us, consider them gross and filthy that we will not allow them near us or our residence. Their presence is considered as a serious threat. But true knowledge about these extraordinary creatures will make us appreciate their existence and their importance in nature. My application about bugs (Buggy World in iOS and Bugs World in Android) classifies these extraordinary creatures in to many categories and provide insights on their characteristics. Though one application is not enough to capture the huge world of bugs, "Bugs World" or "Buggy World" application paves way as a small step in understanding these beautiful but sadly underestimated creatures.
For more information on bugs download the application "Buggy World" in iOS and "Bugs World" in Amazon and Google Play Store for Android.
Saddleback Caterpillar
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Saddle-back Caterpillar
Some caterpillars look extremely cute and harmless but they have painful stingers. The venomous prick from a saddle-back caterpillar can hurt for days.This is a cute little baby moth.The caterpillar is primarily green with brown at either end and a prominent white-ringed brown dot in the center which resembles a saddle.It fools predators as it looks like it has two heads. Its cocoon also has irritating hairs.
Some caterpillars look extremely cute and harmless but they have painful stingers. The venomous prick from a saddle-back caterpillar can hurt for days.This is a cute little baby moth.The caterpillar is primarily green with brown at either end and a prominent white-ringed brown dot in the center which resembles a saddle.It fools predators as it looks like it has two heads. Its cocoon also has irritating hairs.
Moth
Moths
Moths are related to butterflies. There are nearly 160,000 species of Moths. Most species of Moths are nocturnal.Moth larvae, or caterpillars, make cocoons from which they emerge as fully grown moths with wings. Some moth caterpillars dig holes in the ground, where they live until they are ready to turn into adult moths. Moths evolved long before butterflies, fossils having been found that may be 190 million years old.Moths, and particularly their caterpillars, are a major agricultural pest in many parts of the world. Some moths are farmed. The most notable of these is the silkworm, the larva. It is farmed for the silk with which it builds its cocoon.
Moths frequently appear to circle artificial lights, although the reason for this behavior remains unknown. One hypothesis to explain this behavior is that moths use a technique of celestial navigation. By maintaining a constant angular relationship to a bright celestial light, such as the moon, they can fly in a straight line. Celestial objects are so far away, that even after traveling great distances, the change in angle between the moth and the light source is negligible; further, the moon will always be in the upper part of the visual field, or on the horizon. When a moth encounters a much closer artificial light and uses it for navigation, the angle changes noticeably after only a short distance, in addition to being often below the horizon. The moth instinctively attempts to correct by turning toward the light, causing airborne moths to come plummeting downward, and resulting in a spiral flight path that gets closer and closer to the light source.
Moths are related to butterflies. There are nearly 160,000 species of Moths. Most species of Moths are nocturnal.Moth larvae, or caterpillars, make cocoons from which they emerge as fully grown moths with wings. Some moth caterpillars dig holes in the ground, where they live until they are ready to turn into adult moths. Moths evolved long before butterflies, fossils having been found that may be 190 million years old.Moths, and particularly their caterpillars, are a major agricultural pest in many parts of the world. Some moths are farmed. The most notable of these is the silkworm, the larva. It is farmed for the silk with which it builds its cocoon.
Moths frequently appear to circle artificial lights, although the reason for this behavior remains unknown. One hypothesis to explain this behavior is that moths use a technique of celestial navigation. By maintaining a constant angular relationship to a bright celestial light, such as the moon, they can fly in a straight line. Celestial objects are so far away, that even after traveling great distances, the change in angle between the moth and the light source is negligible; further, the moon will always be in the upper part of the visual field, or on the horizon. When a moth encounters a much closer artificial light and uses it for navigation, the angle changes noticeably after only a short distance, in addition to being often below the horizon. The moth instinctively attempts to correct by turning toward the light, causing airborne moths to come plummeting downward, and resulting in a spiral flight path that gets closer and closer to the light source.
