"Repeat this from the butterfly, double double flowers flying. Those who know each other, the same heart will not be violated. (Southern Dynasty Liang * Jianwen Emperor Xiao Gang", "Wing Butterfly")
Ramie butterfly in mating ("Wood Engineer" shoot)
<h1>What is a Butterfly? </h1>
"There are not many species of rare butterflies, originally belonging to the family of butterflies, the eggs are long egg shape, the surface is long and long, the surface is attached to the line, the larva body is spiny, the pupae are hidden on the back, the forewings of the butterfly are narrow and long, the hindwings are obviously shortened, the chest can secrete yellow fluid, and the smell of natural enemies is afraid of provoking." (From the "Wood Engineer" "Carving Insect Collection * Rare Butterfly Identification Song Recipe")
Larvae of the ramie butterfly (taken by the "Wood Engineer")
Butterflies are butterflies that are separated from butterflies, their forewings are narrow, their abdomen is slender, their forefoots are as degenerate as those of butterflies, their mid-hind feet are asymmetrical, and their thoraxes secrete a foul-smelling yellow liquid. It flies slowly and pupae in a conical overhang.
Ramie Butterfly ("Wood Engineer")
<h1>East to the county's rare butterflies</h1>
There are fewer types of rare butterflies, and there are mainly ramie rare butterflies in Dongzhi County, first let us know the ramie rare butterflies: "Ramie rare butterflies are very beautiful, medium-sized wings are orange-yellow, the wings are relatively wide brown belts, several macular belts are long, the outer edge of the hindwings is special, the gray-brown color is serrated, and there are brown and yellow triangular spots, and the spots are eight to forget." (From "Wood Engineer" "Carving Insect Collection * Ramie Rare Butterfly Recognition Song Recipe")
<h1>Egg stage of ramie butterfly</h1>
Butterflies have eggs of all shapes, sizes, or are laid in one place, or scattered everywhere, and they are the beginning of life. The eggs of the ramie butterfly are spherical in shape, slightly beige at birth, and gradually deepen over time:
Neatly arranged ramie butterfly eggs (photographed by "The Wood Engineer")
<h1>The larval stage of the ramie butterfly</h1>
The larvae of the butterfly are caterpillar, soft, largely cylindrical, and grow one year older with each molt, and the lifestyle and appearance of young and terminal larvae are usually very different. After hatching, the young ramie butterfly larvae like to huddle together to feed and live, eating the leaf flesh exclusively, and eating the leaves into a fire-like shape:
Ramie butterfly larvae that like to squeeze together as a child (young age) (taken by "Wood Engineer")
As the ramie butterfly larvae gradually molt and grow, they also gradually disperse:
Molted ramie butterfly larvae
The larvae of the elderly ramie butterfly have increased dramatically, and the leaf residues have been eaten into deficiencies:
Old mature larvae of ramie butterfly ("Wood Engineer")
The pupal <h1>stage of the ramie butterfly</h1>
The pupae of the ramie butterfly is a suspended pupa, and when the larva is fully mature, it will find a suitable place not to eat or drink, and use the silk at the end of the abdomen to hang the body upside down to prepare for pupae:
Preparing larvae for pupate ramie butterflies ("Wood Engineer" photo)
The butterfly pupa is pupated, and only the last few abdominal sections of the pupal period save energy:
The pupa of the ramie butterfly (photographed by "The Wood Engineer")
<h1>The adult stage of ramie butterflies</h1>
Freshly feathered ramie butterfly:
Ramie butterfly that has just popped out (taken by "Wood Engineer")
Ramie butterfly at rest:
Ramie Butterfly ("Wood Engineer")
The opposite of the ramie butterfly:
Ramie butterfly in mating
The female of the ramie butterfly will place the eggs neatly and densely on the back of the ramie leaves, which is both shaded and easy to hatch and feed:
Ramie butterfly laying eggs (taken by "Wood Engineer")
The ramie butterfly, which was preyed upon by the silver-scaled spider, eventually went to death. This is exactly "the night is white and cold, and the butterflies are dead in the bushes."
Life and death, qi and class follow each other. There are no thousand-year-old cranes, but many perched hundred pines. (Tang Bai Juyi, "Autumn Butterfly")
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Dongzhi Insect Atlas 1: Butterfly* Preface to Dongzhi County, Anhui Province
Dongzhi Insect Atlas 2: Butterfly * Butterfly Life in Dongzhi County, Anhui Province
East to Insect Atlas 5: Butterflies * phoenix butterflies in Dongzhi County, Anhui Province