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Caterpillars
Caterpillars are the larval form of butterflies and moths and eat leaves voraciously.
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What type of adaptation does a caterpillar have?
One major adaptation of a caterpillar is that they can go into a dormant state during the winter months. This helps them to survive much longer than they would otherwise.
What do wooly bear caterpillers eat?
There are lots of "woolly" or fuzzy caterpillars out there. Without knowing which species you're talking about, it's impossible to tell you what they eat. The most common "woolly" caterpillar that most people think of is the "woolly bear" or "woolly worm" which is the caterpillar of the Isabella Tiger Moth. They're usually black at both ends with a rusty-red section in the middle, though they can be all red or all black. If you've got something different, try an entymology website to identify it. For care of a real woolly bear, read on:
If you catch one in the fall, it's about to go into hibernation for the winter. You should either let it go, or keep it in an airtight container in your refrigerator until springtime. It will not need any food during this time, but you should mist it with water every few days so it doesn't dry up. Once the weather gets up to around 50 degrees the next spring, you can bring it out and it will come out of hibernation on its own. When you see it moving around again, you can keep it in almost any kind of container (tupperware, jar, small aquarium). Give it an inch or two of fresh grass and clover each day, mist it with water every day (just one spray is plenty, anymore could drown it), and make sure it has a sturdy twig or stick to climb up when it's ready to pupate (make a cocoon). It will become very still and stop moving for a day or two just before this time, so don't mistake it for being dead! (A dead woolly bear will be curled up and shrivelled). Once it forms its cocoon, leave it alone once again, no food needed, just the occasional spritz of water. In 1 to 3 weeks your new tiger moth will emerge! Allow it several hours to stretch its wings (don't touch it or move it during this time) and then release it to the wild. Adult tiger moths don't eat, and only live for a few weeks to mate and lay eggs, so there's no point in keeping one captive.
What food does a monarch caterpillar eat?
Monarch caterpillars eat milkweed. Swan Plants are a variety if milkweed. Dogbane and giant milkweed are two other varieties. The family name is Asclepias.
It is true that monarch caterpillars will eat pumpkin although they need some milkweed. Only the larger caterpillars can eat pumpkin though. The caterpillars will not eat any other leaf no matter how hungry. They will rather starve to death than eat a different leaf.
The reason I know all this is that I have raised over 15 caterpillars and I have watched every stage of their life from hatching to making a chrysalis to be coming a butterfly.
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Monarch Caterplillars mainly eat Swan Plants but large ones can survive on pieces of pumpkin.
The above answer is totally FALSE! Monarch caterpillars (cats) eat the Mlkweed plant. The mother lays her eggs directly on the Milkweed, on the underside of the leaf. The cats then eat the leaves. If they eat the leaves of any other plant they will sicken & die.
I can tell you from years of gardening & lots of research that went onto my butterfly garden, that cats do not eat pumkin or the leaves of any other plant other than Milkweed. I would never think of feeding them pumpkin & I have never heard of a Swan Plant. The Latin name for Milkweed is Asclepias, & there are many different kinds of Asclepias. I have pics of Mpmanrch caterpillars on my facebook page, Flowers in Bloom, follow the link:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Flowers-in-Bloom/187266108057173?ref=hl
Monarch caterpillars DO NOT EAT PUMPKIN!! Monarch cats eat Milkweed. If you feed them pumkin, or anything else other than Milkweed, they will sicken & die!!
There is NO truth to what the above poster wrote, "that larger cats eat pumkin but need some Milkweed." That is an untrue, false & ignorant statement to make.
Monarch cats eat Milkweed & only Milkweed. The mother lays the eggs on the Milkweed, & they eat the Milkweed leaves. Not Pumkin or anything else!
Stop coming on here making riduculous ignorant comments that have no basis in fact!!
What term is used for the transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly?
Metamorphosis is a general term meaning 'changing of the body' often applied to Butterflies.
Days taken by a larva to reach cocoon stage?
how many does a larva take to reach the cocoon stage they need the answer and not the question back
What caterpillars are yellow black and white?
That is a monarch caterpillar it will have orange and black on its wings
Are there caterpillars in Pennsylvania in early may?
Most caterpillars are found in gardens, so there is a chance they can be poisonous. Some are covered with poisonous spines or hairs.
How do you take care of an eastern tent caterpillar?
- See-through container with a cover
- Sharp pin
- Green Leaves or banana slices
- Paper (of any kind)
- A few large rocks
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Before you collect your tent caterpillars, you need to set up the environment where they'll live in. Put the cover on the plastic container firmly and poke about 20-30 holes on the top of the cover with a pin. Since the sharp end of the pin is small, no spiders should get into the container and, of course, your tent caterpillars shouldn't be able to get out.
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Now, decorate the inside of your plastic container with luscious, green leaves to prepare the environment for the tent caterpillars. You can also add a few sticks here and there for the tent caterpillars to crawl on.
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Tear or cut about 4 pieces of paper 2 inches wide and bend/curl them a bit so that you can rest the paper on the side corners of the plastic container. Your tent caterpillars will find these "paper tents" quite pleasing when deciding where to make their cocoons.
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You're now ready to introduce your tent caterpillars to their new home! Capture one off of a tree with a stick or finger and gently touch the inside of the container so that the tent caterpillar can stroll right onto a nearby leaf. Capture a few more if you like. Your tent caterpillars will use both the leaves and the paper to make their cocoon. They'll also eat the leaves, though you might have to get rid of dried up leaves and add fresh new ones occasionally. The tent caterpillars will also eat slices of banana, but don't put too many slices in! 1 or 2 should do it.
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If you want to keep your tent caterpillars outside, it's best to keep the container under a tree, with a flat piece of computer paper over the cover to protect the tent caterpillars from the rain. To make sure the computer paper stays put, put a few rocks over the top. The weight of the rocks will keep the container from tumbling around from the wind and the paper from falling off during the rain. Once your tent caterpillars have turned into moths, carefully open the container lid and watch them fly out of the container.
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- if u see that your caterpillar is not moving don't freak out it is most likely getting ready to go in to its cocoon so don't tush it but is you see that after 5 days it has no cocoon and it has not been moving it is most likely dead but check just to be sure
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What colors are the monarch butterflies?
Orange, outlined with black, and white spots on the black. The caterpillars are yellow with black and white stripes.
Do inchworms like to eat grass?
Inchworms eat dirt. All worms eat dirt. If it's a worm, it's gonna eat dirt.
Actually, an inchworm is a caterpillar of the Geometer moth. Typically they eat leaves. However, some eat lichen, flowers or pollen.
What are the stages of a caterpillar?
Well,first they come out of the egg but not a lot of people know this,(they eat there egg)
then they just eat and grow and eat and grow,after that it will make a ca coon then in about 10-14 days a butterfly will come they live up to 2 weeks.
What are the names of each stage of the butterfly?
Egg- laid on underside of leaves
Larvae- biting mouth parts, eat leaves mainly, six legs and pseudo-legs/appendages
Pupa- Cocoon, spin with silk made within body, dormant
Adult Butterfly- Emerges from cocoon, wings need to dry before first flight, siphon mouth parts for nectar and liquid feeding
What country are caterpillars mostly found in?
caterpillar live in new jersey,etc . and they live in a place that are lot's of plant's cause they it plant's. i hope this information was useful and helpful.
What kind of caterpillar eats milkweed leaves?
To answer this question, google Host plants by butterfly species. I found this website under this, it has lots of different pics of butterflies with lots of helpful information. I try to identify the butterflies that visit my butterfly garden, it can be very challenging. There are over 100 species in the county I live in, Cook County, near Chicago, ILL.
Try this web site http://www.dallasbutterflies.com
My facebook page is Flowers in Bloom, look for the profile pic with the gray butterfly, that's my page. I don't have any soy bean eating butterflies, but I have many pics, & pics of Monarch cats on there also.
Why are many butterflies so colourful?
Butterfly wing colors are functional and are a means of communicating to other members of their species as well as to predators. First, imagine a situation where butterflies of the same kind must find prospective mates. The visual clue of wing color makes that task possible and practicable. If the risk of predation from birds is low then the most pressing task for a butterfly is to find a mate. Another type coloration as in the Monarch butterfly is to warn off potential predators. The butterflies food contains a toxin that is concentrated in their bodies. Predators that eat a Monarch will get sick, remember the color of the nasty bug, and henceforth avoid it.
see: http://www.answers.com/topic/monarch-butterfly-1
Men pass in front of our eyes like butterflies, creatures of a brief season. We love them; they are brave, proud, beautiful, clever; and they die almost at once. They die so soon that our hearts are continually racked with pain.
Philip Pullman
"The Butterfly"
The last, the very last,
So richly, brightly, dazzlingly yellow.
Perhaps if the sun's tears would sing
against a white stone. . . .
Such, such a yellow
Is carried lightly 'way up high.
It went away I'm sure because it wished to
kiss the world good-bye.
For seven weeks I've lived in here,
Penned up inside this ghetto.
But I have found what I love here.
The dandelions call to me
And the white chestnut branches in the court.
Only I never saw another butterfly.
That butterfly was the last one.
Butterflies don't live in here,
in the ghetto.
Pavel Friedmann
The cited reference states that : "The wings of butterflies and moths are decorated with vivid colour patterns that have been shown to function in species recognition, mate choice, camouflage, warning signalling, and in the deflection of predator attack."
What kind of habitat do woolly bear caterpillars use?
Edges of roads, sidewalks, driveways, and edge of your house. Mostly in places where they will get killed.
in warm weather
How much does a d13 caterpillar dozer weigh?
From Caterpiller Performance Handbook, Oct 1996. Caterpillar D8R Bulldozer operating weight: with ROPS canopy, operator, lubricants, coolant, full fuel tank, hydraulic controls and fluid, semi universal blade with tilt and rigid drawbar weighs 37,029 Kg.
Do caterpillars live in groups?
Adult monarch butterflies do not live in groups, but they travel in groups when they migrate. The average lifespan of an adult monarch butterfly is 4 to 8 weeks.
Are forest tent caterpillars dangerous?
Eastern tent caterpillars are NOT poisonous, they are only dangerous to the mare reproductive system of horses but they do cause heavy damage to trees---so watch out for these hungry pests!
