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From: sarima@netcom.com (Stanley Friesen)
Subject: Re: Etymology of Butterfly
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References: <1994Nov9.002829.29723@ac.dal.ca> <Cz0vou.Gxx@world.std.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 01:30:55 GMT
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In article <Cz0vou.Gxx@world.std.com>,
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>>Dubious. There is no such thing as a 'dung moth' and I can't imagine there
>>being an association between dung bettles (scarabaeoids) and butterflies.
>
>Many butterflies (including, I believe, the monarch) feed on dung.

Not that *I* know of. And, being a biologist, I think I would know.

As far as I know, all *adult* butterflies drink nectar, if
they feed at all.

The larvae, that is caterpillars, mostly eat leaves.  This
is *certainly* true of the monarch caterpillar, which feeds
specificaly on milkweed leaves - which is what gives the adult
monarch its mildly toxic nature.
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