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The most beautiful flying creature imo, they fly almost effortlessly. I often work remotely in the nature, standing hours in front of my laptop, and sometimes a
by 11235813213455 2y ago
The most beautiful flying creature imo, they fly almost effortlessly.
I often work remotely in the nature, standing hours in front of my laptop, and sometimes a butterfly or a dragonfly lands on my arm or shoulder, and stays a while. When you think about it, it's probably the safest place for them, since their predators (lizards, ..) don't come close to humans
- mistrial9 2y agoThose two, butterfly and dragonfly, could hardly be more different - sort of humorous to put those two creatures in the same thought. Dragonfly is the most accurate predator in the whole animal kingdom.. making falcons and large cats look like beginners. Meanwhile the butterfly is unable to hunt at all, a truly powerful "changeling", starting life as a worm-like thing.
- popalchemist 2y agoYin and Yang arise together.
- ryanmcbride 2y agosure but they're both cool bugs so they belong together imo
- bch 2y ago> starting life as a worm-like thing. Not that different from a dragon fly[0], really. Most insects go through distinct metamorphosis[1]: egg -> larva -> pupae -> adult. [0] https://media.australian.museum/media/dd/images/Some_image.width-1600.f7b3bd0.jpg https://media.australian.museum/media/dd/images/Some_image.w... [1] https://www.amentsoc.org/insects/fact-files/life-cycles.html https://www.amentsoc.org/insects/fact-files/life-cycles.html
- bch 2y agoI might stand corrected - my own citation lists dragonflies as incomplete metamorphosis. I guess it’s true that they don’t pupate, but I thought the juvenile was still striking enough to mention as not necessarily obviously a dragonfly.
- 11235813213455 2y agoThey're indeed super efficient, protein eater vs sugar eater, both are excellent at flying but butterflies are more spectacular, artistic, dragonflies more robotic