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What eats a monarch butterfly?
nothing eats a monarch butterfly because it is poisonous.
How does the viceroy butterfly not benefit from eating milkweed?
The viceroy butterfly does not eat milkweed, it is a mimic of the monarch butterfly which does eat milkweed. The milkweed makes the monarch butterfly toxic to birds. Once a bird eats its first monarch butterfly it gets so sick that it learns to never try to eat anything that looks like a monarch butterfly ever again. The viceroy butterfly has evolved to mimic the monarch butterfly to avoid being eaten by birds that have previously tried eating a monarch butterfly.
How do monarch butterflies protect themselfs?
the monarch butterfly protects itself by its bright warning coloration. When a bird eats aMonarch butterfly, he will get sick and vomit it up. The next time, the bird will not eat a Monarch. The Viceroy butterfly also has similar coloration, but it does not produce the same somewhat poisonous chemicals that the Monarch does
What eats a butterfly?
The animals that eat a caterpillar or butterfly include spiders, frogs, lizards and birds.
What symbiosis between a grizzly bear and a monarch butterfly?
it is best friends relationship
Is a butterfly a consumer or producer?
A butterfly is a primary consumer. Butterflies mainly consume nectar and liquids. No butterfly eats, they all live on a liquid diet.
How does a monarch butterfly obtain and store toxins?
When the monarch is in its pupa stage, it eats milkweed, which is a poisonous plant. This leads it to be poisonous once it turns into a butterfly.
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.
What is an example of minicry?
The monarch butterfly eats milkweed and is so bitter to the taste as a result that birds avoid it. The viceroy butter fly mimics the monarch (looks like it) and receives the same protection.
What does a monarch butterfly eat?
plants grass and sometimes humans! just joking! it eats milkweed A LOT and liquids like water too.
What is the spider that eats monkeys?
A monkey spider. Ironically, it eats spider monkeys.
What eats Monarch butterfly caterpillars?
The organisms that eat monarch butterflies are insects. Yes they are poisinous, but some organisms can handle the poisin in their system. Mostly the insects that eat the monarch butterfly is a wasp, stink bug, and more!
