Assertion: monarch | /r/CapableOf | feed on milkweed
Facets:
value: at their larvae stage
type: TEMPORAL
value: as youngsters
type: TEMPORAL
value: no longer
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Monarch butterflies don’t actually feed on milkweed; only the caterpillars do.
text: When the monarch becomes a butterfly, it no longer eats milkweed, but it still has the chemical in its body.
text: Monarchs are foul tasting and poisonous due to the presence of cardenolides in their bodies, which the caterpillars ingest as they feed on milkweed.
text: As youngsters, they eat milkweed, which is the reason why they're poisonous -- their bodies are full of "stashed away" cardenolides, which are plant compounds.
text: A Monarch butterfly feeds upon milkweed, one of its most important sources of sustenance.
text: Now let us study what do monarch butterflies eat besides milkweed.
text: Monarch butterflies may be found throughout North America feeding on milkweed, their toxic host plant.
text: Monarch butterflies are foul-tasting and poisonous due to the presence of cardenolide aglycones in their bodies, which the caterpillars ingest as they feed on milkweed.
text: In some cultures, they are known as milkweed butterflies because they feed on milkweed at their larvae stage.
text: The larvae stage is the only stage of the monarch butterfly that feeds on milkweed; there is something in milkweed that allows the caterpillar to grow and keep all of the vitamins needed to transform into a beautiful butterfly.
text: While one Monarch will not make the 3,000 mile trip it will do its part to eat milkweed, mate and continue the cycle its children, grand children, great grand children and great great grandchildren will ultimately finish.
text: (The monarch acquires its bad taste as a caterpillar, when it feeds on milkweeds, which produce toxic compounds known as cardenolides that are stored in the insect’s body.)