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Caterpillars, particularly those of the monarch butterfly, seek refuge in milkweed because it provides both camouflage and safety from predators. The plant contains toxic compounds called cardenolides, which the caterpillars ingest, making them unpalatable to potential threats. Additionally, milkweed offers a suitable habitat for feeding, ensuring the caterpillars have access to the nutrients they need for growth and development. This symbiotic relationship helps caterpillars survive and thrive in their environment.
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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.
What plant does both the grasshopper and the caterpillar eat?
milkweed
Is the relationship between monarch butterfiles and milkweed mutualistic or commensalistic?
The relationship between monarch caterpillars and milkweed is mutualistic. The monarch caterpillar eats the milkweed.
What food chain begins with a milkweed?
The food chain would go, milkweed, monarch caterpillar, wasp.
Can you help me identify a black and orange fuzzy caterpillar?
Yes, the black and orange fuzzy caterpillar you may be referring to is likely a Milkweed Tussock Moth caterpillar.
What brown caterpillar ate your milkweed?
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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.
What is the name of the orange caterpillar with black spots commonly found in North America?
The name of the orange caterpillar with black spots commonly found in North America is the Milkweed Tussock Moth Caterpillar.
What food web is the milkweed part of?
Milkweed is eaten by several species of insects, most notably the monarch butterfly larvae, red milkweed beetle, and milkweed tussock caterpillar or tiger moth. In turn, monarchs are eaten by birds, and tiger moths by bats.
How many animal eat milkweed and what animals are they?
I know only one: the monarch butterfly caterpillar.
What kind of caterpillar is hairy fuzzy white with 2 yellow eyes on one end?
milkweed
