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Butterflies have several means of protecting themselves.
Firstly, some are very bright colours. Predators often assume that a bright colour means poisonous. The predator will leave brightly colour prey alone, rather than risk being poisoned.
Secondly, a lot of butterflies have what look like eyes on their wings. These eyes appear like larger scarier animals than the predator. This will often deter the predator from attacking.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 13y agoIf it is a monarch, it can use its poison because a monarch is poisonous and it can also use its wings to fly away!! many butterflies have mimic patterns on their wings. Opening their wings reveals a huge set of eyes which alarms their potential predator. Many others relay on camouflage, such as the peppered moth.
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∙ 15y agobright colors and large and small round spots on their wings that look like frightning eyes, scare most preditors.
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∙ 13y agoSpell check please.
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What came first caterpiller or butterfly?
Plants came first as they make the that food the insects eat.
Do you capitalize Monarch Butterfly or Monarch butterfly?
monarch butterfly
How do you use butterfly in a sentence?
I saw a butterfly? The butterfly was yellow and blue? I saw a butterfly that was loads of different colours?..
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What was a butterfly called before a butterfly was called a butterfly?
The butterflies are called Caterpillars or they can be in a cocoon.
How does a morpho butterfly protects itself?
It makes itself look like a poisonous butterfly
How does a viceroy butterfly protect itself?
A viceray butterfly protects its self by comoufluging
How does a web footed gecko protects itself from predators?
It protects itself
How does the leaf butterfly protect itself?
that butterfly camouflage itself
How does a butterfly protect it self?
a butterfly protects it self by using camoflauge on its wings to confuse attackers or blend in
How do monarch butterflies protect themselfs?
the monarch butterfly protects itself by its bright warning coloration. When a bird eats aMonarch butterfly, he will get sick and vomit it up. The next time, the bird will not eat a Monarch. The Viceroy butterfly also has similar coloration, but it does not produce the same somewhat poisonous chemicals that the Monarch does
What covers a butterfly?
a tough coating of chitin that protects and covers the body.
Can a butterfly cause an avalanche?
If it is the the butterfly effect that the butterfly starts that sets off the avalanche then yes, but if it is the actual butterfly by itself then no.
How does the crocodile protects itself?
it`s armored body protects itself from predetors
What does a female butterfly to after it has laid eggs?
it protects the eggs by sitting on and protects it from enemies
What covers a butterfly's wings?
a tough coating of chitin that protects and covers the body.
How does the tiger protects it self?
a tiger salamander protects itself by poisoning its prey.
