Table of Contents
- 1 What is something the butterfly and frog life cycles have in common?
- 2 How do frogs and butterflies feed?
- 3 What is the difference between the life cycle of frog and a housefly?
- 4 Do frogs eat butterflies?
- 5 What is frog metamorphosis?
- 6 How are a frog and a butterfly alike?
- 7 Can a fully grown frog stay in a terrarium?
- 8 How long does it take a butterfly to grow from an egg to an adult?
What is something the butterfly and frog life cycles have in common?
The frog and the butterfly are both a common amphibian and insect; they each go through defined stages throughout their life cycles in order to move their habitats and reproduce to keep their species going. The beginning life stages of a frog starts out as several thousand eggs layed in water or some type of wet place.
How do frogs and butterflies feed?
Answer: Frogs use their long, sticky tongue to catch insect and small insect . Frogs use their long, sticky tongue to catch insect and small insect . Butterflies are suck the nectar from flowers.
Do frogs and butterflies go through metamorphosis?
Every animal that goes through metamorphosis has four main stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. In butterflies, the larva is the caterpillar, the pupa is the chrysalis, and the adult is the butterfly. Frogs also go through metamorphosis.
What is the difference between the life cycle of frog and a housefly?
ii)Though the housefly goes through more stages than the frog it’s life span is only about 1 month whereas the life span of frog is about 10-12 years.
Do frogs eat butterflies?
Frogs are truly generalist predators—they’ll eat just about anything that comes their way in the wild. They’ll eat spiders, grasshoppers, butterflies, and just about anything else that fits in their mouth.
Can a toad eat a butterfly?
Some of the common predators of butterflies include but are certainly not limited to: wasps, ants, parasitic flies, birds, snakes, toads, rats, lizards, dragonflies and even monkeys! These predators eat butterflies as butterfly eggs, caterpillars and adult butterflies.
What is frog metamorphosis?
Metamorphosis is the change of shape during an animal’s life. During metamorphosis the tadpole will develop back legs first, then front legs. The tadpoles turn into Froglets. The body shrinks and legs form. The Froglet’s tail shrinks, the lungs develop and the back legs grow and then we have a Frog.
How are a frog and a butterfly alike?
Frogs are very alike butterflies they go through metamorphosis but mostly they are vertebrates and organisms. Frogs are amphibians unlike butterflies they are bugs.Frogs mostly eat flies and other kinds of bugs even the butterfly.
What happens to frogs and butterflies as they get older?
As they get older, the lungs form to replace the gills and legs start to develop so they can walk (or hop) on land. For frogs and toads, the tail gradually shortens until it is nonexistent. Metamorphosis is caused by hormones being released into the organism’s body.
Can a fully grown frog stay in a terrarium?
When the frog is a fully-grown adult, it prefers to stay in the water, so you won’t need to transfer your frog to a terrarium. If butterflies interest you more than frogs, there’s also the Butterfly Garden from Insect Lore*. This kit comes with a pop-up mesh habitat, live caterpillars in a cup, and a feeding pipette.
How long does it take a butterfly to grow from an egg to an adult?
The life cycle of a moth or butterfly is a process called complete metamorphosis. That means that they have four distinct stages: egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis), and adult. For monarch butterflies, it takes about a month to grow from an egg to an adult.