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Q: Which butterflies prefer eating rotting fruit?
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What do buttterifies eat?

Butterflies drink nectar Or, some butterflies drink rotting fruit juice from falled fruit


Is rotting fruit a chemical change?

no. Rotting fruit is just changing the form of the fruit not making an entirely new substance. So, it is a physical change. Sorry ... rotting is a chemical change - the bacteria and molds are "eating" the fruit and changeing it into the eqivalent of poo. Drying fruit would be mostly a physical change.


What do brimstone butterflies eat?

Brimstone butterflies, like other butterfly species, will eat nectar from flowers. They will also eat rotting fruit, pollen, dung, and tree sap.


What plant attracts Zebra Longwing Butterflies?

Nectar, as do all Butterflies. The caterpillars only eat the leaves of pawpaw trees though, which is why they aren't found in areas without pawpaw. Correction: Not all butterflies eat nectar. Yes, the Zebra swallowtail does eat nectar. However, many types of butterflies eat only tree sap or rotting fruit. Others prefer rotting flesh or dung. While rotting flesh and dung may be repugnant to us, many butterflies will fly right past the butterfly garden to feast on the stuff.


Do rhinoceros beetles eat?

Um, no, they don't eat their owners, they are quite harmless. They prefer rotting fruit. In the wild they eat small amounts of nectar, sap, and rotting fruit. I feed mine really ripe banana, mango, and whatever old fruit I may have. As adults they do not eat a lot, they do most of their eating as larvae. I just found one today here in Costa Rica, they make fun pets.


What do butterflies eat in the winter?

Butterflies migrate to warmer areas in the winter. They eat nectar from flowers as well as tree sap, pollen, dung, and rotting fruit.


What is a butterflies diet?

Tree Sap & rotting fruitMany Plants


What is rotting fruit?

Fruit that is old or has gone bad .


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What do Rhinoceros Beetle eat?

Um, no, they don't eat their owners, they are quite harmless. They prefer rotting fruit. In the wild they eat small amounts of nectar, sap, and rotting fruit. I feed mine really ripe banana, mango, and whatever old fruit I may have. As adults they do not eat a lot, they do most of their eating as larvae. I just found one today here in Costa Rica, they make fun pets.


What are 3 flowers butterflies us for nectar?

Butterflies use almost any flower for nectar if they can get their proboscis into it. Some butterflies don't like nectar and prefer to drink from rotten fruit, puddles, or even feces. Of the butterflies that do prefer nectar, some preferred flower species (in the U.S. anyhow) are milkweed, joe pye weed, butterfly weed, butterfly bush, clovers, and thistle.


Does a toucan eat a butterfly?

A toucan is known to eat insects, which may include butterflies. However, they prefer to eat fruit, birds, and lizards.