monarch caterpillar
Striped butterfly larva
The monarch caterpillar is the larval stage of the monarch butterfly, recognizable by its bold black, white, and yellow stripes.
It feeds exclusively on milkweed, absorbing toxins that make it unpalatable to predators—a defense it retains as an adult butterfly.
The monarch caterpillars had stripped the milkweed bare.
- milkweedFlowering latex-bearing plant
- host plantOrganism harboring another species
- butterflyWinged insect from caterpillar
- life cycleOrganism's full developmental sequence
- stripesParallel linear markings
yellow · black · white · larva · metamorphosis · molting · munching · cocoon · migration · orange · wings · pupa · hanging upside down · instar · silk · leaf · garden · butterfly garden
- butterfly caterpillars
- orange thingstraffic cone, safety vest, creamsicle, candy corn, construction sign
- caterpillarsinchworm, silkworm, inchworms, hornworm, spanworm
- larvaelarvae, larva, maggot, maggots, grub
- picky eaterskoala, panda, silkworm
- striped insectsbee, wasp, bumblebee, yellowjacket, hornet
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