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Larvae feed exclusively on oaks (\u003cem\u003eQuercus\u003c\/em\u003e spp.), and like the Monarch, both larvae and adults are unpalatable to predators — protected by tannins and other compounds acquired from their host plants. 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A strongly migratory species, individuals fly northward each spring from southern deserts where they overwintered, sometimes traveling thousands of miles. 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