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They eat anything that can dissolve in water, They mostly feed on nectar from flowers but also eat tree sap, dung, pollen, or rotting fruit. They are attracted to sodium found in salt and sweat. This is why they sometimes even land on people in Butterfly Parks. Sodium as well as many other minerals is vital for the butterflies reproduction.
The caterpillars of the monarch butterfly do feed on milkweed, but not the butterfly itself, I believe.
What else can I help you with?
What is a weird fact about butterflies?
I am a pretty butterfly, also some butterflies eat milk weed to poison prey
How does eating milkweed help the monarch butterflies?
Who is eating the milk weed you or the butterflies If you eat it that won't help the butterflies Do butterflies eat, I thought they occasionally sucked nectar from flowers but they don't eat any thing
Why are monarch butterflies poisonous?
because they eat milk weed a poisonous plant which makes them poisonous
Do monarch butterflies always lay their eggs on milkweed plants?
A monarch caterpillar will look for milk weed, once it finds one it will eat from it. That's how they get their poison. When they come out of their chrysalis they will fly around and every once in a while land on a milk eed and possibly spend a few minutes to a few hours on it. Monarch butterflies will eat milk weed too.
Is milk weed suitable for birds explain your answer?
No. Milkweed is toxic to just about everything but Monarch butterflies; who are toxic to birds.
Do red and black fuzzy caterpillars eat leaves if they do what kind?
milk weed
What do butterflies use their wings for?
butterflies use their antennae for detecting what is around them like "food", or "HUMAN!" or "oh, milk weed", etc.
What butterfly mimics the monarch butterfly?
The Vicerey butterfly is very similar to the Monarch but is smaller and has an extra curved line on the bottom wings. Vicorey butterflies are popular because of their mimicry.Monarch butterflies eat milk weed so when a preditor eats it it poisons the preditor.So when preditors see the Vicorey, they don't eat it.
How do monarch butterflies survive the winter?
Water, fruit, leaves, fresh air, Grass sunlight or some sort of bright lighting.
What does a brown tail moth caterpillars eat?
What a brown caterpillar eats sometimes they eat leaves or fruit if you find a caterpillar and you keep it you should give it leaves from the plant (tree) you found it on. But generally they eatbrwon caterpillar food:-)
Do ants eat butterflies?
ants do eat butterflies
What a catipiller eats?
A Woodpecker and when the catipiller eats the milk weed it gains a poisin that no other animal will want to eat
