Ballet in your backyard
The Hindu
Kids can explore nature's dramas for entertainment: thrillers, comedies, romance - all there for the asking. Witness the fascinating transformation of a butterfly, the struggle of a lizard, and the industriousness of ants. Nature's dramas are right in your backyard! #Nature #Entertainment #Thrillers #Comedies #Romance
Bored? Fret not. You can make use of your free time to explore and witness nature’s drama. It can be most fascinating, as thrillers, comedies, romance are all for the asking.
Scene: A park near my house, where I go for a walk every morning.
A seemingly lifeless chrysalis hanging from the leaf of a rui plant suddenly starts moving. The fragile pupa skin slits, and out emerge two black compound eyes. Next appears the entire head with its coiled-up proboscis and soon, the plain tiger butterfly steps out in its entirety, wings and all.
Plain tiger: Hi, I can hardly wait to meet all of you, especially nectar-laden lantanas and periwinkles. I just have to hang on a bit till my wings are completely dry.
As soon as its wings are dry, it begins to flutter about, heading towards a bed of periwinkle flowers.
Periwinkle: Come to me, pretty butterfly! Drink from my ample nectar supply. How else will I get pollinated? Only if you transfer my pollen to the stigma will I turn into a fruit and produce seeds.
The plain tiger alights on a periwinkle flower and uncoils its proboscis, ready to suck the delicious sweet drink. Unknown to it, a crab spider which is of the same colour as the flower, is lurking in ambush.
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