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The Viceroy Butterfly looks almost identical to the monarch butterfly, and that makes the viceroy a mimic. Birds know that monarchs are not good to eat, so the viceroy avoids being eaten by looking like the monarch. The queen butterfly, the painted lady and others are sometimes mistaken for Monarch Butterflies.

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The viceroy butterfly is the most well known because the two look almost identical. Evolutionary biologists believe the viceroy a non-poisonous butterfly, took on the look as a protective mechanism. Monarchs are poisonous from the time they begin eating the toxic milkweed plant on which their eggs were laid. All their potential predators know this and avoid them; they also avoid the viceroy simply because they can't tell the difference.

The queen butterfly, the painted lady and others are sometimes mistaken for monarchs.

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I don't know about a moth, but the Viceroy butterfly is often mistaken for a Monarch; they are very similar.

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they are black and orange. they have big wings.

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The Tiger Swallowtai Butterfly resembles the Monarch Butterfly but only yellow in color. It is native to North America.

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Which behavior does the viceroy use to deter birds that would otherwise eat it?

Viceroy butterflies are not poisonous, but they look just like poisonous monarch butterflies.


What are butterflies?

Butterflies like the viceroy have adaptations that help them survive. The viceroy would make a tasty snack for birds if they didn't look like the monarch. The Monarch Butterflies bright colours and horrible taste to birds help them survive. Birds stay away from them. The viceroy has an advantage by looking almost exactly like the monarch. I hope that helps you!


How does the monarch butterfly use coloration to protect or conceal themselves?

A Monarch butterfly does not want to conceal itself. It wants all potential predators to notice it and not mistake it for any other type of butterfly. The reason for this is that Monarch apparently taste terrible due to it's diet of milkweed when a caterpillar. Once a predator eats one it never wants to eat another. So the butterflies want to warn off the predators. Viceroy butterflies have noticed this and have adopted the Monarchs coloration. They are essentially saying to the predators "Hey! I look like a Monarch Butterfly so I probably taste bad. Leave me alone and go catch something tasty!"


What butterfly mimics a painted lady butterfly?

The Monarch butterfly has a black body, however the Painted Lady butterfly has more like a brownish body. When the wings are down both Monarch and Painted Lady butterflies looks like the same when the wings are down, but when the wings are up (when you get to pick them up with their wings) are totally different. go on this .comhttp://www.google.com/images?q=painted+lady+and+monarch&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1521&bih=800Look at the difference. Look at all the pictures.


How does butterfly protects itself?

Butterflies have several means of protecting themselves. Firstly, some are very bright colours. Predators often assume that a bright colour means poisonous. The predator will leave brightly colour prey alone, rather than risk being poisoned. Secondly, a lot of butterflies have what look like eyes on their wings. These eyes appear like larger scarier animals than the predator. This will often deter the predator from attacking.

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What do the baby monarch butterflies look like?

Monarch butterfly caterpillars are yellow, black, and white striped and grow to be about two inches long before they pupate.


Which behavior does the viceroy use to deter birds that would otherwise eat it?

Viceroy butterflies are not poisonous, but they look just like poisonous monarch butterflies.


What is the food chain for monarch butterflies?

it is this, look up www. monarchfoodchsin.com


What are butterflies?

Butterflies like the viceroy have adaptations that help them survive. The viceroy would make a tasty snack for birds if they didn't look like the monarch. The Monarch Butterflies bright colours and horrible taste to birds help them survive. Birds stay away from them. The viceroy has an advantage by looking almost exactly like the monarch. I hope that helps you!


What does a monarch look like?

monrch butterfly are yellow or orange and it has black it also has black stripe


Do Monarch Butterflies mimic Vicory Butterflies?

Monarchs and viceroys both have poison in them that makes them taste bad, so by looking like each other, they gain extra mutual protection. (Predators learn one pattern and then avoid both butterflies.) The viceroy is often considered the mimic in the pair because monarchs look very similar to other related "milkweed butterflies" in their family, while the viceroy has evolved to look entirely different from its close relatives in order to better look like the monarch.


What do butterflies look like when they landed?

Butterflies.


What behavior does the viceroy use to deter birds that would otherwise eat it?

Viceroy butterflies are not poisonous, but they look just like poisonous monarch butterflies. Which behavior does the viceroy use to deter birds that would otherwise eat it


What does the yellow bear caterpillar look like?

The yellow bear caterpillar eventually turns into the Virginia tiger moth. The moth is not poisonous, however some people have allergic reactions to it's body bristles.


Do butterflies look like their parents?

'Baby' butterflies look like, in order, a grain of rice, a caterpillar, a pupa, an imago, then an adult.


What does the webkinz monarch butterfly look like?

A monarch butterfly. There is no Monarch butterfly silly!


Which tree has butterfly-shaped leaves is called?

The mopane tree has leaves that are shaped like butterflies. Not only that, they start out green, but then change to shades of yellow and orange making them look even more like butterflies. This tree is only found on the continent of Africa.