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Malachite butterflies feed on nectar from flowers, rotting fruits, dead animals, and bat feces. Their eggs are laid on leaves of plants and the young will feed on that plant until they reach adulthood.

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What does the malachite butterfly eat?

The malachite butterfly feeds on nectar from flowers, particularly those with long tubular shapes that their long proboscis can easily reach. They are also known to occasionally feed on rotting fruits or animal droppings for additional nutrients.


What does the butterfly in woozworld eat?

The butterfly in Woozworld feeds on nectar from flowers. Nectar provides the butterfly with the energy and nutrients it needs to survive and thrive.


What does a butterfly eat in it coocon?

While in the cocoon, a butterfly does not eat anything. It survives on the nutrients stored from when it was a caterpillar. Once the butterfly emerges from the cocoon, it will feed on nectar from flowers to sustain itself.


What is the name of Large green butterfly with leaf looking wings?

The butterfly you are referring to is likely the "Malachite butterfly" (Siproeta stelenes). It has large green wings with black edges and white markings that resemble leaves. These butterflies are found in tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas.


How does the viceroy butterfly not benefit from eating milkweed?

The viceroy butterfly does not eat milkweed, it is a mimic of the monarch butterfly which does eat milkweed. The milkweed makes the monarch butterfly toxic to birds. Once a bird eats its first monarch butterfly it gets so sick that it learns to never try to eat anything that looks like a monarch butterfly ever again. The viceroy butterfly has evolved to mimic the monarch butterfly to avoid being eaten by birds that have previously tried eating a monarch butterfly.