Be careful with the mosquitoes
According to wiki pedia Mosquitoes are insects belonging to the order Diptera; genera include Anopheles, Culex, Psorophora, Ochlerotatus, Aedes, Sabethes, Wyeomyia, Culiseta, and Haemagoggus for a total of about 35 genera that summarize the 2700 species. Mosquitoes have the two scaly wings, slender body, and six feet long; interspecies varies but rarely exceeds 15 mm.
Mosquitoes have the four stages in the life cycle: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Within the three first rank depends on the species – and the temperature. Only female mosquitoes are sucking the blood of its prey. And it had the nothing to do with eating. Because, in fact, both male and female flower nectar liquid meal. Because the female mosquito nourishes their eggs. Mosquito eggs nourish their eggs. Mosquito eggs need a protein contained in blood to develop.
When it is placed on laying a damp leaves can also be in dry places but it has the appropriate humidity. To determine places, mosquitoes have a tool in his stomach that functions to measure kelebapan.
Mosquitoes are considered as a disseminator of several diseases as examples of Malaria, Dengue and Cikunguya. Therefore a lot of people who try to combating it. With nyamu drug, insect venom. But sometimes the materials in use for combating mosquitoes is hazardous materials.
Maybe we can use tanaman2 that is not liked by the mosquito for example
Zodia
These plants have long flat leaves yellowish green. Is a plant that comes from Papua. Evodiamine and rutaecarpine substances contained this plant does not like mosquitoes. Scent will smell when the wind blows. Perfume is not like mosquitoes.
Lavender
Purple flowers of this plant. The flowers are fragrant causing mosquitoes do not want to close. This lavender flowers are well known and commonly used in the manufacture of mosquito repellent lotion. If you want to use this interest to our skin is not bitten by mosquitoes is to rub-rubbing the flowers on our skin.
Geranium
The flowers have a lot of color variations with overlapping petals. Geranium containing geraniol and citronellol which causes the mosquitoes do not want to close. How to take advantage of this plant is to be placed in a place exposed to wind, because the aroma of geranium will smell when the leaves rub against one another.
Citronella
Plants including grasses this nation does not like mosquitoes because of substances geraniol and citronellal. Lemongrass extracts have also been used in the manufacture of mosquito repellent lotion with the unique aroma.
Rosemary
The leaves are needle-shaped and has a small purple flowers. Used to repel mosquitoes by rubbing leaves rubbed into the skin resulting. Aroma like the smell of eucalyptus oil. This could disrupt the scent of smell and mosquitoes.
Firefly light like disco lights
We often find something that lights up at night time, especially on the riverside. Maybe time to enjoy their beauty at night, the question arises about the animal. According to Wikipedia the firefly is a type of insect that can remove light clearly visible at night. This light is produced by the “cold light” containing no ultraviolet or infrared rays and has a wavelength of 510 to 670 nanometers, with a pale red color, yellow, or green, with a beam up to 96% efficiency.
Classification of firefly:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Endopterygota
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Superfamily: Elateroidea
Family: Lampyridae (Latreille, 1817)
Only male fireflies have wings and can fly, while the female firefly will be embedded in foliage or on the ground. To attract close attention mate, male fireflies are out of light that comes out of his body, and shows a specific message to the female. The light they produce light without heat are called Luminescence. Luminescence in the firefly’s body produced by a substance called Luciferin. Now, substance Luciferinini join with oxygen to remove the light. Removing the light is usually started from the male firefly, and then returned by female fireflies. Males use light to find a female, and mating occurs. Firefly light pattern differs among each species.
After the mating, the female firefly will lay its eggs under the soil surface. The eggs will hatch into larvae after 3-4 weeks and will continue to be fed until the summer ends. After about 1-2 weeks from the end of summer, the larvae will turn into pupae, then turned into an adult firefly.
Spider silk
The spider is a species of animals with two body segments, four pairs of legs, no wings and do not have chewing mouth. The spider is included in the order Araneae. Field study of spiders is called arachnologi. The main food of spiders are insects. Not all spiders are able to make nets, but they are able to make benarng silk. Spider silk from thin strands of protein fibers, but strong, comes from the spinneret glands located at the back of his body. The silk fibers are used to help the movement of the spider, swinging from one place to another, entrap their prey, making the egg sac, protect the nest hole, and others.
Spiders have eyes with single lenses, most spiders have poor eyesight, they are only sensitive to light and dark colors, but there are also some spiders have the good eyesight, they can recognize colors. In most hunting spiders recognize through vibration, both in silk webs or on land, water, or where he landed. There is also a spider that is able to taste the difference of air pressure. Sense of touch a spider is located on the hairs on his leg.
In most of the hunting spider waiting at prey to come close, they hide behind the leaves, and there are several types of spiders whose bodies camouflaged with its surroundings, it is easier to do the spider in disguise.
Spider has fangs that are usually injected in the prey, other than that owned by the fangs of spiders also serves to destroy its prey. Spider’s fangs inject their prey and suck it dry.
Some weavers spiders can wrap the body of its prey with silk twist threads. This ability is very useful especially if the prey has dangerous self-defense tool, such as bees that have a sting, or if the spider wanted to save some time whiles waiting at their prey when the preferred to enjoy it later.
butterfly metamorphosis
according to wikipedia Biology metamorphosis is a process in which the animal is physically experiencing the biological development after birth or hatching. This process involves changes in form or structure through cell growth and differentiation of cells.
In the metamorphosis of change usually through several stages before the animal has perfect form. Metamorphosis divided into two: complete metamorphosis (hemimetabolisme) and complete metamorphosis (holometabolisme).
In the metamorphosis of butterflies, is a perfect metamorphosis. Butterflies have a long stage to metamorphosis. . The first time, the butterflies will lay eggs. After the eggs hatch, then the egg will be a caterpillar, When the caterpillars become large and elongated, it will turn into a cocoon.
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