Popularity of Butterfly Tattoos
Butterfly tattoos are very popular because Butterflies are amazing creatures that are even found in ancient Greek mythology. There are approximately 170,000 different species of Butterflies and Moths in the order, Lepidoptera. Of those, about 24,000 are butterflies. Lepidoptera is derived from the Ancient Greek, which means scale wing, which is a perfect description for the varied and colorful wings of the many species.
Butterflies go through a four-stage life. They start from an egg to a caterpillar to pupa to adult. Most caterpillars are herbivores but some are carnivores (eat ants and other caterpillars). Bet you didn’t know that!
The male adults may have larger antennae than the females. The adult mouthparts are called the proboscis, which is adapted for sucking nectar, which is the food source for most butterfly species. The proboscis can be described as a straw that is rolled up when not in use. However, the adults of some species of butterflies don’t feed as adults so nature made their proboscis very small.
The earliest fossils that have been found of Butterflies are from 190 million years ago. As you might imagine, the fossils of butterflies are very rare because of their soft body parts. They are usually found trapped inside of ancient tree sap or ember.
Butterflies can range in size from a tiny 1/8 inch to a huge almost 12 inches. The lifespan of most adults is only one to two weeks! And they say that butterflies can see in green, yellow and red, which might explain why flowers are so brilliant in colors and hues.
The transformation of the lowly and ugly caterpillar into a graceful and gorgeous butterfly is truly a miracle of nature!
The idea that the striking and beautiful butterflies emerge after living as an ugly and lowly caterpillar has lead to a mythical Greek beauty named Psych who had the wings of a butterfly. In fact, the ancient Greek word, Psych means both butterfly and the human soul.
The belief is that the suffering of the human soul, which is preparing for the enjoyment of true and pure happiness, is similar with the emergence of butterflies from a pupa and their fluttering about the flowers, feeding on the fragrant nectars.
The wide variety of colors and varied patterns has made the Butterfly tattoos one of the top five requests made by women at tattoo parlors. And no wonder! Butterfly tattoos are steeped in mythology and ancient civilization’s fascination of change.
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Female Tattoos: add attraction to the overall appearance
Body Art or Tattoos as it is called by presently, is not a new concept but an age old concept which is thought to be continuing since 12,000 years ago. Initially long ago before body arts became a fashion statement it was performed for religious ceremonies and initiations rites. But today body art has become the pre-eminent way that people of all cultures like to define themselves both to the outside world and to themselves. Today much of body art consists of this wonderful mixture of styles, cultures, and influences and whatever else the person might think is cool.
There are numerous tattoo designs each depicting different stories and both male and female can go for it. But female body art is entirely different from male body art in its appearance and intentions. Female generally get tattoos mainly for two reasons. First strong reason is that they simply like to do anything to add complement to their appearance in some way and the second reason is that they have some likings towards body arts. Women would go for anything like body piercing or adding images to their skin that will add spark to their appearance even in the most elusive ways. Tattoo designs like flowers, butterflies, stars, or other symbols that is related to feminine character are accepted by women. They particularly emphasize on the fact that is beautiful and they would also like to have that beautiful piece of body art as permanent image anywhere on their body that will add extra attraction to the overall appearance.
The location of female body art is very significant and also selected very carefully. Women will choose a place to put a tattoo based on parts of the body they feel most confident in, comfortable and that which would give a very hot and sexy look. Location on the body for a particular tattoo should be emphasized because there are some tattoos that enhance the shape of the body. Such tattoos are gaining popularity because women like to have such tattoo on their body. Places like lower back, ankle, or any place that is can be concealed by clothing are selected commonly to be tattooed by the women. There are still others who like get tattoos on those very erotic parts of the body with an aim to look sexy and to draw attention to these parts.
It could be concluded that female tend to get those tattoos that enhance the shape of the body and that which add sex appeal to their body.
