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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.
Does a monarch eat animals and insects?
Monarch butterflies eat nectar from flowers.
What is a monarch butterflies adaptation?
Adaptations seen in monarch butterflies are that they are poisonous to predators because they eat mostly milkweed. Also, the markings on their wings show animals they are dangerous to eat.
What is the food chain for monarch butterflies?
it is this, look up www. monarchfoodchsin.com
Do adult monarch butterflies ever devour their young?
No. Monarch butterflies only drink nectar. They cannot eat other insects.
Is a butterfly harmful?
The Viceroy is a poisonous butterfly, just like the Monarch. The confusion about the Viceroy toxicity comes from 19th century ideas about mimicry. Unfortunately, entymologists failed to test the theory until 1991. Even today many text books erroneously discuss the Viceroy as non-toxic. The Monarch was early identified as poisonous and entymologists immediately assumed the Viceroy was not. However, after testing, the Viceroy Butterfly is at least at toxic as the Monarch. The question is - which is the immitation? The Viceroy Butterfly is almost indistinguishable from the Monarch Butterfly.
Do monarch butterflies sip from chrysanthemums?
Adult monarchs will sip nectar from any flower that has nectar.
Is a monarch a herbivore?
No. Adult Monarch Butterflies feed almost solely on nectar and are called nectarivores.
How monarch butterflies eat nectar?
Like all butterflies monarchs have a long tube for a mouth called a proboscis. This allows them to drink the nectar as if through a straw.
What is the monarch butterfly food chain?
The food chain of the monarch butterfly is other flowers. Monarch Butterflies live off of nectar and water. They fly from flower to flower collecting nectar.
Do butterflies ever try to eat humans?
No, butterflies do not try to eat humans. They primarily feed on nectar from flowers and do not pose any threat to humans.
Can monarch butterflies eat grass?
No. Adult butterflies of any species do not eat grass. They must drink nectar and sap from flowers and plants.
