My readers may not be evolution experts, but I’d like anyone who happens to believe in it (as the alternative to creation) to take a shot at this one.

How would evolution explain butterflies?

What could possibly have happened to produce an animal that locks itself away in a cocoon and come out as a winged flying creature?

I understand that it’s all about millions of years of random tweaks, and such. But, how or why would a being wrap itself up in the first place? And would the first generations of caterpillars to have done so immediately come out with wings? What purpose is served by wrapping oneself up like that in the first place?

What was caterpillar life like before the advent of wings? How did they survive? How did they reproduce?

Would the first generations have stored up enough nutrients even to have survived their time in the cocoon, let alone what would be necessary to make such a marvelous transformation, AFTER having expended energy making the cocoon?

And what glitch caused caterpillars to be able to produce the material cocoons are made of, let alone the ability to form it around themselves at all?

Did the first winged butterfly have the retractible “tongue” necessary to drink nectar, or were there butterflies with caterpillar mouths, either in the beginning or at all? And how did they know to seek out flowers once they had this new mouth appendage?

How many butterflies could have been lucky enough to have stumbled upon flower nectar after they gained flight AND the retractible tongue? Enough to continue living as a species? How many would it take? At least one male and one female, right?

One might be inclined to chalk it all up to “the wonders of evolution”. But butterflies exist, and how they came to be should be able to be scientifically proven. Right?

Never mind. Don’t answer. I’m calling it.

Butterflies are proof of creation!