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name Christine K. status other age 50s Question - Please help! My 82 year old mother has a wooly bear caterpillar in a jar that has just ... Many adult moths of this type do not eat at all or very little, some visit flowers for nectar. It is very unlikely you would be able to keep an adult moth alive until spring.
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Discover butterflies and moths in your area. Visit Butterflies and Moths of North America. ... Do butterflies eat bugs? ... What do butterflies and moths eat?
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With few exceptions, adult butterflies and moths eat only various liquids to maintain their water balance and energy stores. Most adults sip flower nectar, but other imbibe fluids from sap flowers on trees, rotting fruits, bird droppings, or animal dung.
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Most butterflies use their proboscis (tongue) to obtain nectar from flowers. Some species obtain juices, salts and moisture from rotting fruit, mud, dung, and even dead animals, and in the American tropics there is one group, the longwings ...
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Most butterflies use their proboscis (tongue) to obtain nectar from flowers. Some species obtain juices, salts and moisture from rotting fruit, mud, dung, and even dead animals, and in the American tropics there is one group, the longwings ...
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All adult butterflies have a proboscis, which is extremely suited for obtaining liquid food, mostly nectar from flowers. The proboscis is derived from structures from the maxillae. The length of the proboscis is determining for which flowers can ... In contrast with butterflies most moths do not have a functional proboscis.
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www.butterflies-moths.com/feeding.htm
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CONTENT SAMPLE: 9488 This is another of the large silk moths--this one is ... Before they become adult, monarch larvae go through five molts over a span of 10 to 14 days. The exact time varies with the temperature. In the process they eat so voraciously that milkweed plants are often reduced to shreds and tatters.
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Clothes moth larvae grow to 1/3 inch in length. They may have a duration from several months up to two years. Adult clothes moths do not eat and therefore live a relatively short time.
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www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/plantsci/pests/e301w.htm
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Kids ASK! about Pets & Animals Adult moths are not able to eat. Their nutrients must be consumed in the larval stage for the adult to complete its life ... Adult moths are not able to eat. Their nutrients must be consumed in the larval stage for the adult to complete its life cycle. Larvae then change to an intermediate...
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