Why do butterflies drink nectar?

Butterflies eat by extending the proboscis deep into a flower to sip nectar. Butterflies also use the proboscis to drink water and juice from rotting fruits. It moves from flower to flower, efficiently extracting all the nectar possible before moving on. More than nectar.

Click to read full detail here. Subsequently, one may also ask, what do butterflies do with nectar?

Butterflies are attracted to bright flowers and need to feed on nectar. When they do this their bodies collect pollen and carry it to other plants. This helps fruits, vegetables and flowers to produce new seeds. The majority of plants need pollinators like bees and butterflies to reproduce.

One may also ask, do butterflies eat pollen or nectar? Most butterflies sip nectar and transfer pollen that gets on their legs to other flowers. There are always exceptions and there are certain butterflies that do eat pollen, just as there are certain butterflies that are enabled to eat other things. They break the pollen down into proteins and amino acids.

Subsequently, question is, how does a butterfly collect nectar?

Adult butterflies drink nectar from blossoms on flowering plants. Butterflies use a long proboscis to reach deep into the bloom to get at the nectar. The proboscis, which is a part of their mouths, works like a long straw that butterflies curl into a spiral when not using.

What is a butterfly's favorite food?

Most butterflies eat (actually they “drink”) from nectar plants (while the plants that caterpillars eat are called host plants). Each species of butterflies has nectar plants that they prefer but many adult butterflies will feed from a wide variety of nectar sources.