Butterflies!
It’s such a treat to have butterflies, fluttering around, making your garden a lovely space. These winged ones are a treat to watch and observe. They come in all types, literally, from a butterfly that camouflages like a dead leaf to one that has endless colors! And speaking of colors, one can be as brown as mud or as beautiful as the color wheel! These fragile creatures are a big help to the environment in pollination and other big jobs! They eat nectar and liquid from rotting fruit. They are also prey to small animals and birds. And most of them do not have a lifespan longer than a year. Needless to say, they do all sorts of things! Their birth process is fascinating, its known as metamorphosis and includes 4 stages which are, egg, larvae, pupa or chrysalis and finally an adult. This whole process is what turns a fat caterpillar to a butterfly. Their eggs are stuck by the one who laid it, with a sticky glue kind of liquid which prevents the egg to fall down. Then after it hatch