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the caterpillar ate and ate
The relationship between monarch caterpillars and milkweed is mutualistic. The monarch caterpillar eats the milkweed.
The food chain would go, milkweed, monarch caterpillar, wasp.
The ant milks the caterpillar because it needs food for the ant colony. The ant also does this to help the caterpillar.
Most caterpillars eat plant material. There are a few exceptions, for instance the Large Blue butterfly caterpillar eats red ant's eggs and larvae for up to 3 weeks after coming out of hibernation and pupating.
Yes, the black and orange fuzzy caterpillar you may be referring to is likely a Milkweed Tussock Moth caterpillar.
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.
Monarch caterpillars only eat milkweed leaves. That is why it is so important that people plant milkweed so that the monarchs can travel from Mexico to other parts of the United States. It takes 4 generations of caterpillar to butterfly to reach the northern parts of the US and Canada.
The name of the orange caterpillar with black spots commonly found in North America is the Milkweed Tussock Moth Caterpillar.
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I know only one: the monarch butterfly caterpillar.