Soft Landing
by Wes and Dotty Weber
Title
Soft Landing
Artist
Wes and Dotty Weber
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This butterfly briefly landed on this cone flower.
Butterflies have the four-stage insect life cycle. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed. The caterpillars grow, sometimes very rapidly, and when fully developed, pupate in a chrysalis. When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits, the adult insect climbs out, and after its wings have expanded and dried, it flies off. Some butterflies, especially in the tropics, have several generations in a year, while others have a single generation, and a few in cold locations may take several years to pass through their entire life cycle.
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December 9th, 2012
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