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What kind of flowers do catapillers like?
It depends on what type of caterpillar it is and what it's host plant is. Caterpillars usually eat the leaves of the plant and not the flowers. For example a monarch butterfly caterpillar eats milkweed leaves. The yellow eastern swallowtail butterfly caterpillars eat fennels, dill weed, and parsley plants. The spicebush swallowtail caterpillars eat spicebush leaves. If you want to attract butterflies to your garden, you must plant the host plant that the butterflies will lay their eggs on.
Does a black swallowtail butterfly eat parsley?
The larval stage of Eastern Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) does have parsley as one of its host plants, meaning: the caterpillars eat parsley (as well as dill and carrot tops.) If you see them in your garden-- don't kill them! Plant more parsley and enjoy the beautiful adult stage.
Why does the growth of the dodder plant eventually lead to the death of the host plant?
dodder plant can pull nutrients from its host plant and it kills its host plant
What actors and actresses appeared in Going Coastal - 2008?
The cast of Going Coastal - 2008 includes: Byron Velvick as Himself - Host
What is the plant called that this caterpillar feeds off?
host plant
Is a parasite a consumer?
It would depend on the host; if the host is a plant, then yes. Otherwise, no.
How do plants eat other plants?
Parasitic plants slide feeding tubes into the host plant and suck out the nourishing juices of the host plant.
What has the author M A Maqbool written?
M. A. Maqbool has written: 'Status of plant nematology in Pakistan' -- subject(s): Plant nematodes, Host plants, Nematode diseases of plants 'Distribution & host association of plant parasitic nematodes in Pakistan' -- subject(s): Plant nematodes, Host plants
How does cuscuta obtain its nutrition?
from host plant
What has the author E A Bernays written?
E. A. Bernays has written: 'Some evolutionary aspects of the insect-host plant relationship' 'Host-plant selection by phytophagous insects' -- subject(s): Behavior, Host plants, Insect-plant relationships, Phytophagous insects
What are the uses for hydnora africana plant?
It is a Parasitic Plant that entangles its roots to the roots of its Euphorbia host plant.
How do dodder plants obtain their food?
It develops special roots which penetrate into the host plant. The food is generally stored in the stem or the roots of the plant.A dodder is a parasitic plant without chlorophyll. It obtains its food by twining around host plants (clovers, alfalfa, and lespedeza), and sending root-like projections into their stems.
