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Why are Monarch Butterflies protected from predators?
Their larvae feed on Milkweed and sequester a toxic alkaloid that proves very distasteful. Also, they are aposematic.
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Author: savhighsmith
Main topic: Entomology
Topic: General
School / Univ.: UGA
City: Athens
Published: 24.03.2010