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What Do Small Tortoiseshell Butterflies Eat?

Anonymous

∙ 11y ago

Updated: 11/12/2022

Small Tortoiseshell butterflies drink nectar as their main source of nutrients. The butterflies especially enjoy red and purple flowers. These colors are at the ends of the visual light spectrum for humans.

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When was Small Tortoiseshell created?

Small Tortoiseshell was created in 1758.

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Butterflies eat nectar from flowers. Some don't eat at all they just mate then die. Animals such as birds, lizards and small mammals eat butterflies.

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