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No. Adult butterflies do not eat solid food of any description.
They usually feed on nectar from plant flowers or tree sap. Some butterflies will feed on the sugars in rotting fruits. The Harvester butterfly actually pierces the bodies of woolly aphids and drinks their fluids.
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∙ 11y agoButterflies like carrots because it helps them see in the dark and cabbage because it makes there farts extra smelly!
paul houghton
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∙ 9y agoAdult butterflies are not carnivores.
The immature stages of most moths and butterflies feed on plant materials but there are some examples that are carnivorous (eg the clothes moth).
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