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Can a monarch catepillar eat Mexican petunia?
A monarch caterpillar can only eat the many types of milkweed that grow in different parts of the country. But even if there is no other food available, it cannot and will not eat Mexican Petunia. I
Does the milkweed plant and the monarch caterpillar depend on each other?
Monarch butterflies will only lay their eggs on milkweed because it is their hostplant. A hostplant is the plant that the caterpillar will eat when it hatches from its egg. So, the monarch caterpillar will only eat milkweed, and the monarch butterfly will only lay its eggs on milkweed. The monarch depends in the milkweed, the milkweed does not depend on the monarch butterflies.
What fuzzy caterpillar lives on milkweed?
Monarch caterpillars only eat milkweed leaves. That is why it is so important that people plant milkweed so that the monarchs can travel from Mexico to other parts of the United States. It takes 4 generations of caterpillar to butterfly to reach the northern parts of the US and Canada.
How many animal eat milkweed and what animals are they?
I know only one: the monarch butterfly caterpillar.
What do you give your caterpillar to eat?
Arsenic. Caterpillars love it. it also depends on what type it is if its a monarch you give it milkweed
Do monarch butterflies always lay their eggs on milkweed plants?
A monarch caterpillar will look for milk weed, once it finds one it will eat from it. That's how they get their poison. When they come out of their chrysalis they will fly around and every once in a while land on a milk eed and possibly spend a few minutes to a few hours on it. Monarch butterflies will eat milk weed too.
What are some of the adaptations for survival in the larvae stage of a monarch butterfly?
Monarch caterpillars exclusively eat the leaves of the milkweed plant. The liquid inside is poisonous and makes the caterpillar unpalatable to predators.
Why does a caterpillar like milkweed?
The ant milks the caterpillar because it needs food for the ant colony. The ant also does this to help the caterpillar.
How does eating different foods than the adult butterfly help the Monarch caterpillar survive?
So it will be poisonous to bird that want to eat it
What kind of plants do caterpillars eat?
Depends upon the species, each type of caterpillar has its own host plant example: monarch caterpillars only eat milkweed. If you move a caterpillar from its specialized host plant it may die because it may not be able to find it's way back to the appropriate plant again.
What does a laughter moth caterpillar eat?
A laughter moth caterpillar will normally eat dandelions. However, they also eat other flowers such as daisy's and even violets.
What do caterpillas eat?
Caterpillar's eat leaves but it depends on what type of Caterpillar it is .There are many types of species , some caterpillar's will eat other insects as well. But most common caterpillar's just eat leaves. It may vary into other leaves it's also good to feed a Caterpillar Lettuce and cauliflower as a treat .
