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What are the predators of the butterflies?

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Birds, frogs, spiders, people.

The list of butterfly predators is long. Suffice it to mention just ants, spiders, wasps, parasitic wasps, parasitic flies, birds, rats, toads, lizards, praying mantis, snakes and monkeys. There is little that would not like to eat a butterfly in one or another of its life stages.

http://centralamerica.com/cr/butterfly/ (scroll down to 'Defense Mechanisms')
birds or bats

ants,spiders,wasps,birds,rats,toads,lizards

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almost all birds

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