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[55] [52] While the plant's colorful flowers provide nectar for many adult butterflies, A. tuberosa may therefore be less suitable for use in butterfly gardens and monarch waystations than are other milkweed species. [55] Breeding monarchs prefer to lay eggs on swamp milkweed (A. incarnata). [57]
The adult butterflies use nectar from many flowers, including Lantana plants. The Passiflora host plants are frequently called passion vines; in some Texan counties where this butterfly's population is high, gulf fritillaries will feed on specific species such as Passiflora lutea and Passiflora affinis. These passion vine plants are suitable ...
The nectar attracts predatory insects which will eat both the nectar and any plant-eating insects around, thus functioning as "bodyguards". [24] Foraging predatory insects show a preference for plants with extrafloral nectaries, particularly some species of ants and wasps , which have been observed to defend the plants bearing them.
While butterflies will go to various nectar plants, they are very specific in their requirements for a host plant, various types of butterflies require various hosts. No butterfly larva will feed ...
Additional plants which will provide for the needs of caterpillars and butterflies are: shasta daisy, black-eyed Susan, cardinal flower, phlox, cosmos, sedums, ironweed, mountain laurel, verbena ...
This seemingly odd behavior, called “mud-puddling,” provides salts and amino acids that are otherwise lacking in a nectar-rich diet. Butterflies sometimes prefer mud puddles to flowers as a ...
As an adult butterfly, the question mark seeks out rotting fruit, tree sap, dung, or carrion as food sources. Only when these are unavailable do question marks visit flowers for nectar. This dietary adaptation is especially beneficial to the late spring / overwintering / early spring brood when nectar sources may be limited.
The adults feed on the nectar of a variety of flowers. Some species of Aristolochia are toxic to the larvae, typically tropical varieties. [ 6 ] While enthusiasts have led citizen efforts to conserve pipevine swallowtails in their neighborhoods on the West coast, the butterfly has not been the subject of a formal program in conservation or ...