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

Answer 1

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!"

Answer 2

Many species of butterflies use camouflage to hide from predators, while some species use bright colours to warn off potential predators. Reds, yellows and Oranges are common "warning" colours.

Answer 3

The bright blue coloring is only on the inside of the wings. The outside is duller, brown, and slightly resembles an owl butterfly, camouflaging itself into the environment.

Also, it is possible that the bright blue coloring on the inside of the wings serves as a warning color for predators, but usually warning colors are red, yellow, or orange.

Answer 4

A butterfly often has markings that act as camouflage or a distraction, to hide it from predators. Some butterflies have large markings that look like eyes to scare predators away. Others are colored to look like logs or plants to make them hard to see when they are holding still.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

With their bright colors and thats how it protect it self

Answer 7

The cardenolides obtained from milkweed make Monarch Butterflies toxic to many predators.

Answer 8

They hide in leafs or branches.

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