Fragile like butterfly wings, what will their fate be when the rain comes?

Of course, the butterflies with rain will escape. But now, the climate is getting tougher, the butterfly wings are hard to withstand the big wind and rain.

Does anyone remember about the summer of childhood with rain and dragonflies, butterflies flying all over the yard? But then that scene gradually became so familiar . trivial, no longer attracted much attention.

So maybe everyone's childhood has many open questions. For example, do you know how butterflies can survive large rainstorms?

First, let's try to look at the rain under the eyes of . butterflies!

On average, a monarch butterfly weighs 500mg, a large raindrop weighs about 70mg or more. So raindrops have great damage to butterflies.

Rain drops have great damage to butterflies.

For a bit, the rain drops are as heavy as if people were dropped two bowling balls that hit their heads.

Moreover, when it is sunny, butterflies spread out their wings - this helps them absorb heat, so that they have enough energy to fly.

When it rains, their flight ability is limited, making it easy to prey on predators like birds and other insects. On the other hand, strong gusts of wind are also an unexpected danger.

All of these reasons explain why we rarely see butterflies flying in storms. Instead, they will close their wings, find a safe haven . It is under the leaves, branches, broken leaves, cracks of rocks, tall grass or even a human fence.

In areas with storms in winter, living conditions are more severe. Due to the closer to the ground, the lower the temperature, the more butterflies have to try to fly to the branches. In addition, around the trunk will radiate heat to help the butterfly warmer.

Living close to nature, Mexico's Zuni Aboriginal people once said, " Seeing white butterflies fly to the southwest, it is going to rain heavily."

Butterflies will shelter under foliage to avoid rain.

In fact, butterflies will search for shelter when it wants to rain and stay there for hours.

Through the rain, the sky is bright, the butterflies pull together each flock to flirt, creating an extremely beautiful scene that makes the paparazzi or nature lovers overwhelmed!

New threats .

Anyway, the fate of butterflies is also very fragile. As in the winter of 2016, an unusually massive storm swept through Mexico's El Rosario nature reserve, killing 40% of the butterfly.

One of the reasons for such a mass death of butterflies is the sparse forest canopy . In fact, forest canopy plays an extremely important role for living organisms below.

According to the American Journal of Insects, the forest is both a "heat blanket" and a "rain umbrella" that helps butterflies and other animals to cool off.

The reasons for such a massive death of butterflies are the sparse forest canopy .

Butterflies are small insects that specialize in pollen and nectar, helping to help pollinate flowers. In contrast, grass and flowers are also the "dome" that protects butterflies from harsh nature.

But when human hands began to improve more naturally, everything changed. The beauty of butterflies makes them hunted, retaining their remains in collections. Natural forests are destroyed, changing the habitat of living species.

The beauty of butterflies makes them hunted, retaining their remains in collections.

Many butterflies around the world from South America, Southeast Asia, Australia to Europe are in danger of extinction.

Some species are protected by law, some are farmed, others are being issued. Hopefully it is not too late to save this insect.