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they are poisonous. As beautiful as they are. It is in fact true that Monarch's are extremely poisonous.
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How have monarch butterflies adapted to their environment?
Monarch butterflies have adapted to be poisonous to their most serious predators. This makes them taste bad to birds, which are a problem for other types of butterflies.
What is a butterfly's structure for defense?
Most butterflies are very good at flying fast and changing direction quickly. Some like monarchs are toxic to predators. Other butterflies mimic the monarch so birds avoid them.
Are monarch butterflies poisonous to dogs?
Some butterflies such as the Monarch, eat poisonous plants as caterpillars, resulting in the butterfly being toxic. Insect eaters like birds seem to know not to eat these butterflies. Monarchs are most likely poisonous to some extent in dogs.
Where is the most populated habitat for monarch butterflies?
Canada and America fly fly butterflies
Is milkweed suitable for birds?
No it is not
What butterfly is bad tasting for birds?
The Monarch butterfly is bitter-tasting to most birds.
What eats monarch butterfly?
Monarch butterflies have a close relationship to the milkweed and therefore have a very bitter taste to them. Most animals avoid them. However the toxins are stored in the caterpillar's skin so the stabbing-sucking method of the assassin beetle circumvents the defense.
Are monarch butterflies considered to be elegant insects?
Yes , the Monarch butterfly is regarded as among some of the most beautiful , fascinating and elegant of insects .
Does the butterfly fish migrate?
Some fish migrate. Except for the monarch, most butterflies do not migrate.
What is the most common insect in the rainforest's?
the most common is the monarch or the zebra striped angle but it all depends on what forest
Can a butterfly poison a human?
According to an Internet search, there is no butterfly that is so poisonous that it would kill a human. There are butterflies that are extremely distasteful to birds and other such predators due to the larva's consumption of poisonous plants. The Monarch butterfly is a well-known example of that. The larva eat milkweed.
Which are the preadators of butterflies?
Birds However most predation occurs in the immature state (the caterpillar).
