The reason for this is that if they stay in one place for too long, the butterfly caterpillars will consume all of their food in that one area, and so the butterflies will starve to death. So migrating to new places will ensure their survival and their food source. READ MORE: List o...
Within days we spot tiny little caterpillars crawling about on the leaves, feeding continually. Their ravenous appetite allows them to grow at an incredible rate, and within a couple of weeks the caterpillars are the thickness of a crayon and leave the decimated plant to crawl up something verti...
To begin with, perhaps the best-known tactic is simple migration, with the best known of these arguably being the Monarch Butterfly. Each autumn, between August and October, certain of these butterflies located in North America pack up and head south. Those who summer east of the Rocky Mount...