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they coevoled as plant and pollintor , that means they both rely on each other to survive

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Q: Describe the coevolution of monarch butterflies and milkweed?
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What does a milkweed egg turn into?

Eggs on milkweed are eggs of monarch butterflies or milkweed beetles.


What are the monarch butterflies closes relatives?

Monarch butterflies are large, black and orange in color with white spots. Monarch butterflies closest relatives are the milkweed butterflies.


How baby monarch butterflies are fed?

They feed themselves by finding milkweed. Or they are caterpillars and once again milkweed.


What bug tastes bitter and yucky to birds?

Monarch Butterflies because they feed on milkweed and milkweed is poison.


How do monarch butterflies have babies?

butterfly fish reproduce by laying eggs in the sea


Does the milkweed plant and the monarch caterpillar depend on each other?

Monarch butterflies will only lay their eggs on milkweed because it is their hostplant. A hostplant is the plant that the caterpillar will eat when it hatches from its egg. So, the monarch caterpillar will only eat milkweed, and the monarch butterfly will only lay its eggs on milkweed. The monarch depends in the milkweed, the milkweed does not depend on the monarch butterflies.


Why do monarch butterflies have wings?

because, the milkweed which they feed on dies their skin orange...


How is the milkweed important to butterflies?

I am growing Milkweed , and Monarch butterflies will only lay her eggs on them because monarch caterpillas can only eat this type of plant. :) I hope I helped everyone with this question :) Anymore question inbox me on facebook : Gustav V-Sloan


What is the host plant for Monarch butterflies?

monarchs lay their eggs on many plants such as milkweed and swan plants


Why is milkweed plants important to monarch butterflies?

They don't hurt the milkweed plant, really. They do drink the nectar in the flower and/or lay eggs underneath the leaves of the plant.


What do Monarch Butterflies eat?

Monarch butterfly larvae (caterpillars) feed exclusively on milkweed. The adult Monarch butterfly drinks the juices of soft fruits (usually fallen fruits), and nectar from flowers. It drinks the nectar of milkweed flowers, which makes it poisonous to predators.


What flowers do monarch butterflies not like?

What plants Monarch butterflies do not like is not all that important, though no specific plants that they do not like are known. The most important thing is that they not only like, but need specific kinds of milkweed for their survival. They lay their eggs on milkweed and the caterpillars feed on the plant.