Butterfly

Butterfly - what do butterflies eat Adult butterflies eat nectar and water. Sometimes liquid from fruits. Larvae eat only milkweed. Adult monarch butterflies sip nectar from flowering plants using a sucking tube, that resembles a soda straw, and is called a proboscis. You can see it coiled under its head when not in use. Butterfly - what do butterflies eat

Butterfly genus species - The American Snout ( Libytheana carinenta ) AMERICAN SNOUT BUTTERFLY The American Snout ( Libytheana carinenta ) is a butterfly that has long labial palps (mustache-like scaly mouthparts on either side of the proboscis) tha t look like a long snout. The butterfly has a 1 3/8 - 2 inch (3.5 - 5 cm) wingspan. The front pair of legs on the male (but not the female) are reduced in size. Eggs are laid in groups on the hackberry plant. The caterpillar eats hackberry (celtis); the adult sips nectar of the flowers from asters, dogbane, dogwood, goldenrod, sweet pepperbush, and more. Adult American Snout butterflies look like dead leave s. They sometimes go on long migrations. They are brush-footed butterflies (Family Libytheidae). Butterfly genus species - American Snout