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A host plant means a plant that a caterpillar lives on. Adult butterflies eat different food than their caterpillars. Monarch adults like zinna and butterfly bush but monarch caterpillars like milkweed.
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What kind of plant does a catepiller eat?
Most insects are plant specific. Monarch Butterflies eat milk weed. Tent caterpillars eat alder. Pine caterpillars eat (of course) pine trees despite the obnoxious pitch. You question has to be more specific.
How do you give a girl butterflies?
Gget a net and a jar and go to somewhere that butterflies frequent? After some work, you should manage to acquire a few. I reccommend punching some holes in the jar lid before sealing it. For presentation, a nice ribbon with a big bow.
Where do butterflys live?
Butterflies don't really have a specific place that they live in, but a catapillar of a butterfly lives under leaves and on tree barks.They live all around the world!
Will butterflies lay eggs on clothing that is hung outside?
Not intentionally... Butterflies normally lay eggs on or around their host plants, and no butterfly larve feeds on clothing. I'm sure it would be possible for a butterfly to drop an egg or two on clothing, but that would not be a normal occurrence.
How do butterflies hunt?
Butterflies do not hunt, they are not carnivores. Butterflies eat nectar and tree sap. As caterpillars, they eat various types of leaves and other plants.
How do you altract butterflies?
You can attract butterflies by planting the plants they lay their eggs on (host plants) and flowering plants (nectar plants) for butterflies that are normally found in your area of the world. If you search the internet for 'butterfly host plants' you will be led to sites that give more specific information. What attracts butterflies in Florida may not attract butterflies in Iowa or Oregon. Butterflies are very picky about plants that they lay eggs upon.
Can you suggest some host plants for butterflies found in the Philippines?
Camote for bolina Calamansi for demoleus
What is a butterfly that pollinates one type of flower called?
Host-specific is what a butterfly that pollinates one type of flower is called.Specifically, butterflies enjoy feeding on the nectar of a plant's flowers. They move pollen from one plant to another as they consume the nectar of different plants. Some butterflies work from a wider range of plants deemed nectar-worthy than others and therefore labeled host-plants.
What is the host plant for Monarch butterflies?
monarchs lay their eggs on many plants such as milkweed and swan plants
Do butterflies lay eggs on there abdomen?
No. Eggs are in their abdomens and they lay their eggs either on or near their host plants. Host plants are the plants that the caterpillars eat. Each butterfly has its own specific species of plant or plants that it can eat as a caterpillar.
What kind of plant does a catepiller eat?
Most insects are plant specific. Monarch Butterflies eat milk weed. Tent caterpillars eat alder. Pine caterpillars eat (of course) pine trees despite the obnoxious pitch. You question has to be more specific.
What relationship exists between plants and butterflies?
Plants and butterflies have a symbiotic relationship. The plants benefit from the pollination services provided by the butterflies and the butterflies feed from the nectar of the flowers of the plants.
Are small white butterflies a problem?
Yes! There are even some in my backyard! Those are not very big- more of the size of one to two inches. The butterflies that come to my backyard are completely white with no patterns.
What butterflies do in garden?
they fertilize the ground and eat the plants some times
What do caterpillars typically eat?
Caterpillars are larval form of the order Lepidoptera. Caterpillars eat plants called host plants, while the adult butterflies drink nectar plants. If caterpillars don't have access to their specific host plant, they wont eat anything and thus they will die.
How do you give a girl butterflies?
Gget a net and a jar and go to somewhere that butterflies frequent? After some work, you should manage to acquire a few. I reccommend punching some holes in the jar lid before sealing it. For presentation, a nice ribbon with a big bow.
Why do plants need butterflies?
butterflies need plants because they need to lay their eggs on the leaf!
