Central Highlands, moth and caterpillar season

In fact, in the Central Highlands, there are only two seasons: rainy and dry. Caterpillar season is the way people here call it to refer to the time when a lot of caterpillars appear, falling at the end of the dry season and the beginning of the rainy season.
In fact, in the Central Highlands, there are only two seasons: rainy and dry. Caterpillar season is the way people here call it to refer to the time when a lot of caterpillars appear, falling at the end of the dry season and the beginning of the rainy season.

Butterflies stubble After days of patiently hiding in the cocoon, waiting for the first rain of the season to pour down and the warm, moist soil to invite, the caterpillar pupae will immediately move to break the cocoon out, spreading their wings to fly as far as the eye can see. Along the road, perched tightly beside small puddles of water still standing on the low ground, swaying beside bunches of wildflowers by the lake… “Butterflies often gather in very large flocks in moist places, or along lakes. water to drink water. After drinking water, they pull together to look for flowers to suck nectar, creating a romantic scene in the Central Highlands. During the day, the time when butterflies fly the most, from 10-13 hours,” said Mr. Nguyen Lan. , residing in Di Linh town, Di Linh district, Lam Dong province, shared. Butterflies and flowers. According to Mr. Nguyen Lan and the people living in the Di Linh plateau, the reason is called the caterpillar moth because this is the butterfly of the caterpillar, an insect that often lays eggs and creates cocoon on the trunk of the cassava tree, which is a native plant are grown a lot in the Central Highlands, and only eat the leaves of the cassava plant. Caterpillars usually appear at the end of March every year, then molt into butterflies. The caterpillar moth has a rather short life cycle, only existing from the end of March to the first half of May. At this time, traveling around the Central Highlands, everywhere, there are scenes of white butterflies fluttering everywhere. , gold to overwhelming. In the Central Highlands, the season of butterflies and caterpillars is covered with golden sunshine, which means that the dry days here have entered the final leg, the presence of the rainy season is gradually revealing.