Examples for Intelligent Design

suchandra · May 9, 2006

Since intelligent design by Lord Sri Krishna vs. Charles Darwin's (1864) theory of chance became a global topic (US evolution court battle opens), Vaishnavas are surely also invited to support not only by quoting Bhagavad-gita, but also by logic&reason, that everything could not possibly have emerged by chance due some big bang explosion. Highly intelligent design in nature is just at its beginning of being explored in great detail by the worldwide theosophical community.

Complex biocoenosis among different species is certainly a powerful tool to finally proof that without intelligent design by an intelligent creator such interrelations as below cant develop out of some accidential occurrence. Since insects have no human intelligence some higher intelligence must have installed this wonderful functioning biocoenosis.

Large blue butterflies belong to the genus Maculinea and are members of the large butterfly family Lycaenidae.

The caterpillars of the Alcon blue butterfly can only survive if they are adopted into an ant nest and fed by the ants. In order to do this the caterpillars have to send signals to the host ants which tell them that they should adopt and care for the caterpillars, although this is against the interest of the ants. University of Copenhagen is investigating these signals, and how they might influence the ants.

http://www.zi.ku.dk/personal/drnash/atta/Pages/LargeBl.html

Butterflies in this family have some sort of association with ants. Large blue butterflies have an unusual life cycle in which most of their larval life is spent inside ant nests. All large blue butterflies are rare because of this interaction with ants. There are several species of Large blue butterflies in Europe and Northern Asia.

The adult butterflies are on the wing throughout July.

The females lay their eggs on the flowers of the Marsh Gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe). The caterpillar hatches through the base of the egg into the flower, where it spends two to three weeks eating the flower tissue and the developing seeds. The caterpillar moults three times during this period, but stays very small (3-4 mm long, and weighing about 1-3 mg).

After its third moult, the caterpillar chews a hole in the flower through which it exits. It then lets itself down from the gentian flower to the ground on a silken thread. Once on the ground it waits.

If the caterpillar is found by a red ant (Myrmica species), the ant will pick the caterpillar up and take it back to its nest.

Once inside the ant nest, the caterpillar will be fed by the worker ants and will probably eat a few of the ant larvae and pupae. The caterpillars will stay in the ant nest all through the autumn, winter and spring. They grow a lot during this time, reaching about 12 mm in length and weighing up to 100 mg.

In the early summer the caterpillar turns into a pupa (also called a chrysalis), still inside the ant nest. The adult butterfly will emerge from the pupa about a month later. The adult has to get out of the ant nest quickly to prevent the ants killing it and leaves before its wings are expanded.

If we compare this installation with our computer operating system it quickly becomes clear that without intelligent design such huge data handling cant be programmed by stupid insects.