A pair of batik-patterned butterflies playing on white sand, one day, in the coastal area of Lhok Keutapang, Aceh Besar, Aceh-Indonesia.
As humans, we should not copy the lives of butterflies that survive only to eat and mate.
Do you know some interesting facts about butterflies?
First, butterflies have transparent wings with striking colors. These wings are formed from layers of chitin, which is a protein that forms the insect exoskeleton. This thin layer of exoskeleton makes the butterfly's wings transparent.
Second, butterflies taste food with their feet. The tissue behind the butterfly's feet has chemoreceptors that detect the compatibility of plant chemical pairs. This is what makes butterflies often step on food.
Butterflies have a proboscis in the mouth that serves to drink nectar. These winged insects also often suck up mud grains to maintain the intake of minerals and salt in the body. So, butterflies don't only depend on sugar juice.
Extremely cold temperatures prevent butterflies from flying. This is another fact that must be known, because butterflies require an ideal body temperature of about 30 degrees Celsius to fly.
Metamorphosed insects from caterpillars and cocoons only live for 14 days or a maximum of one month. During that life, butterflies focus on just two things: eating and mating. []
