Feeding on an exotic weed rather than their usual diet of native plants appears to help white peacock butterflies fight off viral infections. The finding points to the ability of certain species to take advantage of new flora introduced into their environment to boost their chances of survival.
at the University of Nevada, Reno, and her colleagues wanted to examine the effect of diet on white peacock butterflies – a large black and whitish butterfly species typically found in …
I thought that butterflies do not EAT plants, only their caterpillars? Terrible use of English?
Well they just told you why...
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