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What behavior does the viceroy use to deter birds that would otherwise eat it?
Viceroy butterflies are not poisonous, but they look just like poisonous monarch butterflies. Which behavior does the viceroy use to deter birds that would otherwise eat it
Viceroy butterflies are not poisonous but they look just like poisonous monarch butterflies. Which behavior does the viceroy use to deter birds that would otherwise eat it?
Viceroy butterflies use mimicry as a defense mechanism to deter birds from eating them. By resembling the toxic monarch butterflies, which are unpalatable to predators, viceroys exploit the learned aversion that birds have toward their poisonous counterparts. This resemblance helps the viceroy avoid predation, as birds may mistake them for monarchs and choose not to eat them.
What insects migrate long distances?
Monarch Butterflies. They fly south for the winter like birds do.
What kind of birds eat butterflies?
Tropical Region Birds and Insectivorous Birds eat butterflies but there might be more birds that eat butterflies.
Are monarch butterflies poisonous to dogs?
Some butterflies such as the Monarch, eat poisonous plants as caterpillars, resulting in the butterfly being toxic. Insect eaters like birds seem to know not to eat these butterflies. Monarchs are most likely poisonous to some extent in dogs.
What do monarch butterflies eat and what are their predators?
Monarchs consume nectar from various plants. Monarchs are toxic to eat but they are sometimes consumed by birds. Monarch eggs are sometimes eaten by the Asian lady beetle.
How have monarch butterflies adapted to their environment?
Monarch butterflies have adapted to be poisonous to their most serious predators. This makes them taste bad to birds, which are a problem for other types of butterflies.
Does a monarch eat animals and insects?
Monarch butterflies eat nectar from flowers.
What does monarch butterflies eat?
lemon slices
Does anything eat a monarch?
no, but if the animal does not know it is a bad animal to eat it will get a stomach ache
Why do most birds avoid monarch butterflies?
they are poisonous. As beautiful as they are. It is in fact true that Monarch's are extremely poisonous.
What eats a butterfly?
The animals that eat a caterpillar or butterfly include spiders, frogs, lizards and birds.
