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Nectar of flowers.

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Q: What is the butterflies main food?
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How do flies butterflies and beetles get food?

butterflies get their food by sucking nector from flowers.beetles get their food by sucking blood.


Can butterflies taste their food?

Yes, butterflies are able to taste their food. They do so with their feet.


Can butterflies chew their food?

No, butterflies cannot chew their food. They have a straw-like structure called a proboscis that they use to sip nectar or other liquids. They primarily feed on liquids, and their food is broken down by enzymes in their stomach.


What do butterflies use to taste food?

feet


What animals procure their food with their proboscis?

Butterflies.


How do butterflies obtain food?

Butterflies obtain food through a special mouth part that acts as a straw. They use this straw to drink nectar from flowers.


How do butterflies and flower help each other?

Flowers help butterflies by providing them with food. Butterflies help flowers by spreading their seeds. Butterflies also help aid the flowers with pollination.


What can kill butterflies?

A shoe. Seriously, however - pesticides and chemicals can kill butterflies, while frogs and some small mammals prey on butterflies for food.


How do monarch butterflies survive without food during their winter stay in Mexico?

how do butterflies survie in the winter?


How does a chrysalis obtain food?

I don't think chrysalis/caterpillars/butterflies get food.


What are two reasons the plants needs butterflies?

Plants need butterflies for two main reasons such as pollination. Plants also need butterflies to bring other animals into the ecosystem.


What other animals eat butterflies for food?

vultures eat other animals food usually lions food because instead of catching food they can just smell were they are and steal their food.