Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Weirdest thing happened out at the monarch patch, 1 by konkreteblond

konkreteblond wrote:
I've not actually SEEN them do it but I know they do. I have had first instars disappear and could only assume that the larger ones ate them so I asked fellow butterfly gardeners who confirmed my suspicions. Apparently the cats just don't have good vision and when they bump into the smaller one they assume it's either more food or an enemy.

I had a Queen once that had a bite on it's back but it survived and pupated fine. I found a pic of it and enlarged it so you can kind of see the missing skin just under it's head area. :(

So, the moral of the story is to keep them separated!