Species Cards
Caterpillar
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Group: |
© Erica Bower Caterpillar |
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Food chain : |
Herbivore |
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What it eats : |
Leaves |
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Eaten by: |
Bluetit |
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Habitat: |
WoodlandWoodland |
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Description: |
Caterpillars are the larval stage of butterflies and moths. They hatch from eggs laid by the adult insect. Caterpillars usually eat plants (but some can eat clothes!). They eat fast and grow quickly. A caterpillar's skin isn't very stretchy and can't grow much, so as the caterpillar gets bigger, it has to shed its skin a few times before it reaches full size. Then it turns into a chrysalis (or pupa). Inside the chrysalis, the insect's body is transformed. It hatches out as a butterfly or moth. |
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