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Yes, they do need water, but spraying water on the leaves they eat will NOT help, and t might even be harmful. They get everything they need from the specific plant they eat. But keeping caterpillars in jars and things, now that's the real question. Is it okay? That's up to you to decide, I guess.
What else can I help you with?
What colors is a baby monarch?
Monarch butterflies start their lives out as caterpillars. A 'baby monarch' would be a monarch caterpillar. Monarch caterpillars striped black and yellow along their back.
What kinds of foods do caterpillers eat?
Different caterpillars eat different things. Most caterpillars eat leaves and stuff and need to be sprayed with water. Monarch caterpillars eat milkweed plants and eat a lot of it! If you have any caterpillars they might eat leaves that you pick from your back yard! MAKE sure you spray them!
Do monarch caterpillars eat more than painted lady caterpillars?
Yes!
Does a monarch caterpillars eat watermelon?
No it does not a monarch only eats milkweed and dogbane.
Do monarch caterpillars eat pumpkin skin?
no
What do the baby monarch butterflies look like?
Monarch butterfly caterpillars are yellow, black, and white striped and grow to be about two inches long before they pupate.
How can I identify caterpillars found on milkweed?
It's a monarch, Monarch's eat milkweed exclusively.
How can you prevent ants from eating monarch caterpillars?
I haven't had a problem with ants but there are wasps that lay their eggs in the caterpillars. The wasp larva eat their way out, killing the monarch caterpillar. I frequently have this problem with the caterpillars of swallowtail butterflies.
Do all monarch caterpillars eat their eggshells?
Not all of them.
What are Baby Monarch Butterflies called?
caterpillers
What kind of caterpillars turn into wasps and beetles?
Caterpillars do not turn into wasps or beetles. The only type of insect that caterpillars turn into are moths or butterflies.
Is milkweed a producer?
Milkweed is a producer. It feeds monarch caterpillars.
