Can butterfly's and crickets live together?

Answer 1

Butterflies do not provide parental care for their offspring, and in most cases, by the time the caterpillars hatch from the eggs, the adult butterfly that laid the eggs is either dead or has moved on. The whole reason complete metamorphosis (changing from a caterpillar to a butterfly) exists is so the adults and young of the species do NOT have to occupy the same niche and compete with one another. That doesn't mean you'll never see a caterpillar and butterfly in the same place at the same time, but if you do see this, it's purely coincidence that they happened to be there. They don't care about each other; the caterpillar just crawls along looking for food while the butterfly searches for places to lay eggs or find a mate.

Answer 2

As long as they have enough food and there is some air flow into the jar, they should be fine. They don't particularly care whether there are other caterpillars there or not in most cases. The most important thing to remember is to clean out the frass from the bottom of the jar so it doesn't start molding. That will kill off the caterpillars really fast.

Answer 3

Yes. In fact, they almost always live in close proximity to one another. I've collected moths and butterflies all over the United States for 14 years, and I have never seen a natural habitat that has ONLY moths or ONLY butterflies. In some cases, the butterflies will be more numerous and visible than the moths, or visa versa, but most habitats have numerous species of both moths and butterflies.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

with other caterpillars.