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Because it is poisonous
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What are a butterfly's defenses?
Monarch butterflies, for example, are poisionous to birds. The taste very bad and make birds sick enough to teach them a lesson.
Do you capitalize Monarch Butterfly or Monarch butterfly?
monarch butterfly
Does this combination of adaptations make every monarch butterfly safe from birds?
No. Since new birds are hatched every year, the young ones won't know that monarchs taste so bad. Also, the viceroy butterfly looks like a monarch. Birds eat it and it tastes good. So if that bird sees a monarch it thinks is a viceroy butterfly, it'll eat it.
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.
Is there a mimic monarch butterfly?
ye it is called the Viceory Butterfly
How does the monarch butterfly benefit from its adaptation?
The monarch butterfly produces a chemical that gives its body a very bitter taste; which birds hate. They get that taste from the Milkweed plant which they feed on. These are the adaptations of the Monarch butterfly and it benefits by feeding on the milkweed plant and stays safe.
What is an animal that has the same adaptations as a monarch butterfly?
The adaptation of the monarch butterfly is a early diet of milkweed. This diet of milkweed ensures the caterpillars and the adults taste terrible. A predator has only to taste the bitter monarch once to learn to avoid them in the future.
What birds eat monarch butterflies?
yes they taste bad to the birds because they are posinious
What are a butterfly's defenses?
Monarch butterflies, for example, are poisionous to birds. The taste very bad and make birds sick enough to teach them a lesson.
Do you capitalize Monarch Butterfly or Monarch butterfly?
monarch butterfly
What butterfly is bad tasting for birds?
The Monarch butterfly is bitter-tasting to most birds.
Does this combination of adaptations make every monarch butterfly safe from birds?
No. Since new birds are hatched every year, the young ones won't know that monarchs taste so bad. Also, the viceroy butterfly looks like a monarch. Birds eat it and it tastes good. So if that bird sees a monarch it thinks is a viceroy butterfly, it'll eat it.
What does the webkinz monarch butterfly look like?
A monarch butterfly. There is no Monarch butterfly silly!
Is the viceroy butterfly's adaptations as effective as the monarch butterfly's no because?
The Monarch Butterfly (larvae) has adapted itself to eat milkweed plants, which are very bitter. Because of the food source, the butterfly begins to taste like milkweed to predators. This makes it so that predators don't want to eat them, and the butterfly is relatively protected from this type of predator. The Viceroy Butterfly has only adapted its color to that of the Monarch Butterfly, not its taste. This makes it unappealing to the same predators, thus increasing its chances of survival. This is known as Batesian Mimicry.
How do you spell monarch butterfly?
The spelling is "monarch butterfly" (plural "monarch butterflies").
When was Monarch - butterfly - created?
Monarch - butterfly - was created in 1758.
How many babies do a monarch butterfly?
monarch butterfly do not have babies . after the nymph open it will be the adults butterfly
