Butterflies are very light insects, and highly dependent on external warmth in order to fly. This means that rain is not suitable for them to take to the wing in. Therefore, during downpours butterflies generally tuck themselves away and wait…
Most butterflies spend the winter in diapause, a type of hibernation. This means they do not need to eat during this time. Butterflies will overwinter either as eggs, caterpillars, pupa or adults. What do butterflies eat? In general, adult butterflies…
Butterflies do not technically eat, given that all their food needs to be slurped up using their tube-like proboscis. However, their main food is sugary nectar. Some species branch out from this, feeding on faeces, rotten fruit and corpses. What…
Due to their very different living environments, adult dragonflies and larvae have very different methods of breathing. Adults have a series of spiracles on their bodies, holes that allow oxygen to travel down into their cells. Nymphs, living underwater, use…
Dragonflies are carnivores, eating only meat. They may not seem like dangerous predators to us, but to small insects they are like lions to gazelles, using their amazing aerial skills to grab their victims out of the sky and consume…
Dragonflies are consumers, as they do not get their energy directly from the sun and they do not break down plant waste. Due to their diet of smaller insects, they would generally be considered secondary or tertiary consumers. What is…
