just a random question...
2007-12-06 14:51:12 · 5 answers · asked by junebugandtigger 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
and why????
2007-12-06 14:51:55 · update #1
nope because it wont, do that,
there vegetarians,
2007-12-06 14:55:50 · answer #1 · answered by William B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would suppose that if a Black swallow tail caterpillar ever ate a Black swallow tail butterfly then yes that would be a cannibalistic act since a caterpillar is a juvenile to the butterfly. I would even suppose that as long as it is a butterfly caterpillar eating a butterfly and not a moth Caterpillar eating a butterfly then it would still be considered cannibalistic. However, as we are all aware, caterpillar are herbivores and would most certainly never be carnivores. Hypothetically speaking, a caterpillar eating a butterfly would make it a cannibalistic Insectivore.
Spt
2007-12-07 03:01:09 · answer #2 · answered by Sptfyr 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO, THE CATERPILLAR HAS NOT METAMORPHOSIZED INTO A BUTTERFLY. THEREFORE A CATERPILLAR IS NOT A BUTTERFLY AND A BUTTERFLY IS NOT A CATERPILLAR SO IF ONE EATS THE OTHER THEY ARE CARNIVORES.
2007-12-06 22:26:51 · answer #3 · answered by DIANE V 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeshcause duh,it's just like a child eating his own mom!
2007-12-06 15:43:48 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Although it wouldn't happen, my two cents say yes, it would. That's an interesting brain you have there.
2007-12-06 15:00:02 · answer #5 · answered by befuddled 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋