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Monarch butterflies start their lives out as caterpillars. A 'baby monarch' would be a monarch caterpillar. Monarch caterpillars striped black and yellow along their back.
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No it does not a monarch only eats milkweed and dogbane.
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Monarch butterfly caterpillars are yellow, black, and white striped and grow to be about two inches long before they pupate.
It's a monarch, Monarch's eat milkweed exclusively.
I haven't had a problem with ants but there are wasps that lay their eggs in the caterpillars. The wasp larva eat their way out, killing the monarch caterpillar. I frequently have this problem with the caterpillars of swallowtail butterflies.
caterpillers
Not all of them.
Caterpillars do not turn into wasps or beetles. The only type of insect that caterpillars turn into are moths or butterflies.
Milkweed is a producer. It feeds monarch caterpillars.
Caterpillars use their antennae to help them find food because they don't have really good eyesight.