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Q: What is the food source of adult monarch butterflies?
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What is the food chain for monarch butterflies?

it is this, look up www. monarchfoodchsin.com


What is a monarch butterflies food?

the juice of fruit and the favorite is a grapefruit..


How do monarch butterflies survive without food during their winter stay in Mexico?

how do butterflies survie in the winter?


What would be the best way to attract monarch butterflies to your yard?

food


What are some host plants for butterflies?

A host plant means a plant that a caterpillar lives on. Adult butterflies eat different food than their caterpillars. Monarch adults like zinna and butterfly bush but monarch caterpillars like milkweed.


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.


What are the relationships between a milkweed and a monarch butterfly?

It is the Monarch's exclusive food source for their larvae.


What are adaptations of monarch butterflies?

Well if you are doing a report on it than you can put: food, and flying that is all i got


Can butterflies eat pears plums or tomatoes?

ADULT butterflies and moths can not only eat nectar, but they can also eat fruit, carrion, fecal matter, one moth is known to drink blood, as well as several other food sources. The food source depends on the species and sometimes on the season the adult is active. Caterpillars have different diets than adults.


What is the main source of food for the larvae stage of a Monarch Butterfly?

milkweed


Do adult butterflies eat solid food?

No. Only the caterpillars of butterflies eat solid food such as leaves and plant parts. Adult butterflies themselves do not eat, but drink. They usually feed on nectar from plant flowers or tree sap. Some butterflies will feed on the sugars in rotting fruits. The Harvester butterfly actually pierces the bodies of woolly aphids and drinks their fluids.


Is butterflies a food source for Deer?

No deer don't eat insects they are herbivores only.