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    Is it true that butterflies taste with their feet?

    Question #97095. Asked by armindasantana. (Jun 29 08 5:58 AM)


    BRY2K

    		Yes.

    A butterfly's sense of taste is coordinated by chemoreceptors on the tarsi, which work only on contact, and are used to determine whether an egg-laying insect's offspring will be able to feed on a leaf before eggs are laid on it.

    They have taste sensors on their feet, and by standing on a leaf, they can taste it to see if their caterpillars can eat it. Most adult butterflies can't bite or chew. They eat mainly liquids like nectar, sap, juices from fruits, and sometimes even fluids from carcasses.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly

    http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-butterfly.html



    Jun 29 08, 6:16 AM
    jk18

    		True.
    Butterflies do taste with their feet.

    http://www.anvari.org/fun/Truth/Weird_Facts.html

    Jul 19 08, 12:35 PM

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