are wild cought butterflies ok sry bout all the questions

[JensenBeachMatt]

i cought a monarch butterfly in my yard and i was wandering if it would be ok to feed it to my chameleon? MONARCH

 

[Syn]

Noooooooooope. Toxic. Most butterflies are, especially the wonderfully colored ones!

Out of the three threads you have made, the search button would have answered all of them!

https://www.chameleonforums.com/search.php

 

[Rocky]

Don't worry about asking questions. That's what the forums are for, everyone asks questions, but monarchs are poisonus. There are a few butterflies that you can feed chams though. Painted Ladies are one of them.

http://www.mulberryfarms.com/monarch.htm Thats a good example of an exceptable butterfly.

Good luck

 

[CNorton]

i cought a monarch butterfly in my yard and i was wandering if it would be ok to feed it to my chameleon? MONARCH

Here's a thread I started about a butterfly that IS SAFE.

Painted Lady Butterfly

 

[xanthoman]

regardless of the whole which butterflies are safe thing, the problem with any kind of wild caught butterfly is that with all of the places they have been they are bound to have at least some pesticide residue(how could you visit hundreds of gardens and not pick up pesticide residue) if you want butterfly like feeders just raise silkies and feed some of the moths or you could let a couple of hornworms go to moth stage if your cham is big enough to handle them, at least then you are assured of the wholesomeness of your feeders