Butterflies essays

Butterflies essays The Danaus Plexippus, belonging to the family Danaidae, more commonly known as the Monarch Butterfly, is one of Nature's most beautiful and well-recognized insects. This elaborate creature is classified, according to its (1) large wingspan (approximately 10 centimeters across at times) and proportionally smaller body, (2) shingle-like scale covering on these wings, (3) a pair of antennae on its head, as well as (4) having mouth parts which resemble drinking straws; in the 4th largest order of insects (along with Moths) known as Lepidoptera (Greek lepis, "scale"; ptera, "wing"). The Monarch Butterfly is an insect, which, (like most other insects) has a hard outer skeletal structure known as an exoskeleton and a body divided into three segments: the head, thorax and abdomen. The Monarch (like all other butterflies) has two knobs or clubs at the tips of its two antennae, which protrude from its head, as well as drinking-straw-like mouthparts. These physical features, as well as the blazing orange-reddish tones, highlighting the wings and emphasizing the sporadic white spots on the black body of the butterfly, are the main features depicting the Monarch Butterfly. The Butterfly in general is found almost everywhere on the glove except the Antarctic and Oceanic regions. The Monarch being one of these creatures is found primarily in North America throughout diverse biomes such as forests, grasslands, deserts, and alpine highlands. Monarchs' habitats vary from flowery meadows and fields, along stream banks, roadsides, edges of woods, and in clearings, glades, and nature reserves of all sorts. The Monarch as described, prefers open, sunny settings, and is often found on prairies, and in deserts following spells of rain. Monarchs also generally prefer undisruptive habitats, places where humans don't reside, or in populated areas where gardeners have planted flowers, herbs, and shrubs that are attractive to the Monarch. Th ...