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Carnivorous caterpillars have the same life style and reproduction as any other caterpillars. They will be a caterpillar until it builds a cocoon to become a moth or butterfly.
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What is the survival advantage of a carnivorous caterpillar?
Easy for the carnivorous caterpillar to catch its prey before it can escape.
Whats the reproduction cicle of butterflies?
The butterfly is an insect that has 4 separate stages of life. The egg is the beginning of life for the caterpillar. The caterpillar then forms a chrysalis. After the caterpillar changes in the chrysalis to a butterfly, it emerges to restart the circle of life.
Is a caterpillar a primary consumer?
Yes, most species are they feed on plant material. However, there are some species that are carnivorous and therefore not primary consumers.
Is a caterpillar a preditor or prey?
Could be both. Some caterpillars are carnivorous, and they can certainly prey on trees. Caterpillars also can be eaten by a number of species, particularly birds.
Are caterpillar herbivores carnivores or omnivores?
It depends on the species. Most caterpillars are herbivores however, there are some species which are carnivorous (one, the chalk hill blue, feeds on ants)
Is caterpillar carnivorous?
no, caterpillars are widely known for eating large mammals and infecting them with a poison that leads to mutations such as a second head and aproximatly 17 toes on each foot, before the prey is eaten by the caterpillar. if the weather goes beow 34oC the leaves will fall from the caterpillars under-belly!
What is the iimportance of caterpillar?
Food chains. If the caterpillar were to all die out, some bird species will either die out or reduce in number due to the lack of a food source, and in turn will affect some other carnivorous predators as there are less birds to eat and likewise for the next predators up the food chain etc.
Why do silkmoth do not eat?
Because all growth takes place as the caterpillar and the moths hatch with sufficient food stores to make their short life and reproduction possible without food.
What is a sentence with the word carnivorous?
Carnivorous animals are dangerous. Humans are not known as carnivorous animals.
Is a caterpillar a predator?
It depends on the species of caterpillar. Some are carnivorous, eating insects or other caterpillar species. Some are cannibalistic. At least one Hawaiian species of caterpillar traps snails in silk traps and eats them.
Are tigers a carnivorous?
Yes, tigers are carnivorous.
What part of speech is carnivorous?
Carnivorous is an adjective.
