The adult mourning cloak butterfly drinks tree sap and the juices from decaying fallen fruit.
The larvae (caterpillars) eat leaves of elm trees, willow, poplar and floss silk trees.
There are very many different species of butterflies in the world. The monarch butterfly is the oldest known butterfly in the world.
the state reptile for Washington is the gecko.
The butterfly in Woozworld feeds on nectar from flowers. Nectar provides the butterfly with the energy and nutrients it needs to survive and thrive.
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.
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.
Yes, As an adult the mourning cloak butterflies hibernate for the winter
Yes. Montana's state insect is the Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) Butterfly.
it takes about 10 to 14 days for a mourning cloak butterfly to get out of cocoon.
yes the mourning cloak butterfly is purple-black with blue spots and a yellow stripe
The grizzly bear is the state animal. The western meadowlark is the state bird. Mourning cloak butterfly is the state butterfly. Bitterroot is the state flower. "Montana" is the state song.
There are some endangered butterfly species and subspecies, but most of them, including the familiar monarch, tiger swallowtail, and mourning cloak are not endangered.
Mourning Cloak caterpillars will eat many different things. Some of these foods include leaves off of the plants where they were hatched, willow plants, wild rose, and poplar.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Nymphalis antiopa.
The grizzly bear is the state animal. The western meadowlark is the state bird. Mourning cloak butterfly is the state butterfly. Bitterroot is the state flower. "Montana" is the state song.
Animal- grizzly bear. Fish- blackspotted cutthroat trout. Butterfly- mourning cloak. Bird- western meadowlark
The grizzly bear is the state animal. The western meadowlark is the state bird. Mourning cloak butterfly is the state butterfly. Bitterroot is the state flower. "Montana" is the state song.
There are very many different species of butterflies in the world. The monarch butterfly is the oldest known butterfly in the world.