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What are the predators of a monarch butterfly?

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Monarch eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises, and adult butterflies are eaten by many different predators. Included are spiders, wasps, some bird species, and many more predators.

Parasitoids such as tachinid flies also eat Monarch chrysalises - from the inside out!

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What are the Monarch Butterflies predators?
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