Sunday Colorful photo challenge understanding and how to prevent caterpillars

Caterpillars are part of larvae that belong to the order Lepidoptera, Most of these animals consume plants or herbivores and insects. Hairy animals that make our body itching if touching it is a greedy animal, Viewed from Etymology Caterpillars originated from the early 16th century, the name of caterpillars or caterpillars itself is taken from the old French language of catepelose which means cat, cattus language Latin and peloses which means feathers.
The name of the caterpillars is not just that, the animals that are attacking some regions of Indonesia has another name called geometrids or inchworms, The name is given to the caterpillar because of his behavior that seems to move the earth measure. This caterpillar has a soft body and it turns out the feathers that make us itch when touching it can grow quite quickly.
To make it easier for this caterpillar to explore the earth or do caterpillars attack on earth, this one animal equipped with a somewhat opaque color resembles the color of the leaves they eat. But not all caterpillars have opaque colors, there are some of these silk-producing animals that have beautiful striking colors.

Cause Caterpillars Attack
Ecosystem changes cause the loss of natural balance factor for a while, As a natural system also has components that create balance. When one component is disturbed the balance will be disrupted, So also with what happens with the family Limantriidae. Caterpillars are still included in the ecosystem of the ever-present environment of the butterfly metamorphosis cycle from the egg into a caterpillar and a cocoon, eventually becoming a butterfly.

Some causes of caterpillars attack:

• Predator population of caterpillars is reduced, caterpillars are usually eaten by natural enemies or predators caterpillars but because the predator population is reduced then the caterpillar lies, Currently many forests are converted into palm oil plantations or other designations so that natural predators caterpillars move into other habitats , so the food chain process can not run properly again.

• Human factors that damage the natural balance can also be the cause, natural predators or birds that become caterpillars eaters have been much reduced because hunted by humans.

• The extreme symptoms of climate change on the one hand will accelerate the caterpillar life cycle while on the other hand it inhibits the proliferation of its natural enemies.

Prevention of Caterpillar Expansion
To prevent the widespread population of caterpillars population to routinely clean up the environment, The way to clean the leaves dry and immerse waste into the ground as deep as at least 50 centimeters. Also trim the weeds that grow wild around the dwelling so it does not become a breeding place caterpillars, killing caterpillars can not only rely on spraying, Moreover, the material contained it is a chemical. The main role of the community active in the work of devotion and clean the environment each.