What type of insects eat milkweed? (Besides the monarc caterpillar)?

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What type of insects eat milkweed? (Besides the monarc caterpillar)?

I was at a local nature preserve last fall and was looking for monarc caterpillars on the milkweed, and found large areas of the milkweed destroyed by huge grasshoppers. I though milkweed was poisonus to most insects.

2007-01-07 07:34:08 · 2 answers · asked by eva diane 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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Various species of beetles eat milkweed, as well as the larvae of Queen butterflies.

2007-01-07 08:00:26 · answer #1 · answered by birdbrained22 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Hi! Thanx for answering i think they do suit for the wild and i just wanna be close to a Vet so ma Animal Knowledge will increase,thanx though! Maybe a Milkweed bug or a Lady Butterfly i don;t know i guess.

2007-01-09 15:05:30 · answer #2 · answered by DaRkAngeL XIII 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋