What is a caterpillar?

Question

Caterpillars are larva of butterfly. Caterpillars are worm like forms. They undergo several physical changes and comes out as butterfly.

Answer 1

A caterpillar is a larva of butterflies. A larva is generally worm-like and has biting chewing type mouth parts, simple eyes and poorly developed legs, no wings either.

Source: Zoology book, animal diversity.

Answer 2

A caterpillar is the larval stage of a butterfly or moth. It is small, worm-like insect that undergoes a process of metamorphosis, changing into a butterfly or moth as it grows and develops.

Answer 3

A caterpillar  is a small animal with narrow body and many legs and which feeds on the leaves of plants and later develops into a butterfly  or moth.

It's  a worm like larva of butterfly  or moth.

It becomes an insect of large or colorful  wings.

Answer 4

A caterpillar is the larval stage of a butterfly or moth. It is a small, worm-like insect that feeds on plants and grows through a series of moults until it is ready to pupate, or transform into a butterfly or moth. Caterpillars are usually green, brown, or black in color and have a segmented body with short legs. They are important herbivores in many ecosystems and are also a food source for many other animals, including birds, reptiles, and small mammals. Some species of caterpillars are considered pests because they can cause damage to crops and gardens.

Answer 5

A caterpillar is the larval stage of a butterfly or moth. It is a small, worm-like creature that is characterized by its elongated, segmented body and numerous legs. Caterpillars are herbivorous, meaning that they feed on plants. They undergo a process called metamorphosis during which they transform into a butterfly or moth. During this process, the caterpillar undergoes significant changes in its physical appearance and behavior.

Answer 6

A caterpillar is the larval stage of a butterfly or moth. It is a worm-like creature that is typically covered in short, fine hairs and has a segmented body. Caterpillars are voracious eaters and can consume large quantities of foliage, which their need to fuel their rapid growth and development.

Answer 7

A caterpillar is the larval stage of a butterfly or moth. It is a soft-bodied, segmented creature with three pairs of true legs and several pairs of leg-like appendages. Caterpillars feed voraciously and eventually metamorphose into a pupa before emerging as an adult butterfly or moth.

Answer 8

The only job of the caterpillar is to eat, and it may increase its size by more than 1,000 times before metamorphosizing into a moth or butterfly. As the insect grows, most species will shed their skins four times. They have over 4,000 muscles in their bodies. Different species metamorphosize at unique rates ranging from 1-to-11 months.

Answer 9

A caterpillar is officially the larva, or immature form, of a flying insect — generally, a butterfly. Because caterpillars are growing rapidly, they tend to eat constantly, and for this reason they're considered pests by gardeners and farmers.

Answer 10

caterpillars are insect type

they usually turn into a pupa before turning into an adult butterfly or Moth

adult butterfly lay eggs back side of a leaf and caterpillars hatch from those eggs and starts crawling and eating until it turns itself into pupa

Answer 11

A caterpillar is a small, worm-like animal that feeds on plants and eventually develops into a butterfly or moth.

small hairy animal with a long body and a lot of legs, which eats the leaves of plants.

Answer 12

Caterpillars are insects. The larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera(comprising butterflies and moths). They have six proper legs, like all insects, but also have up to five pairs of stumpy prolegs with little hooks that help them to hang onto things and to move in a wave like motion.

Answer 13

It is the larva of a butterfly or moth. It is the second stage of the life cycle. It’s actually fuzzy, worm like insect. And when theu already become butterfly, they are colorful.

Answer 14

A caterpillar is a larva of a butterfly or moth. The caterpillar is a voracious eater, growing and shedding its skin several times before it pupates. The adult butterfly or moth emerges from the pupa after the transformation process is complete.

Answer 15

A caterpillar is the larval stage of a butterfly or moth. Caterpillar is usually green or brown in color and has a segmented body with short legs. they feed on leaves and other plant material and can be found in gardens, fields, and forests as they grow, they shed their skin several times before forming a chrysalis and emerging as an adult butterfly or moth.

Answer 16

Caterpillar is the larvae of butterfly. There are 21,000 different kinds of caterpillars in the world. Their main diet consists of leaves and flowers.

Answer 17

A caterpillar is the larval stage of a butterfly or moth, characterized by a long, segmented body and multiple legs, used for feeding and growth.

Answer 18

Cartepillars are larvae of butterfly,,they undergo many forms of physical changes for long and after to become butterflies,,some are hairy 

Answer 19

Caterpillar is the larval stage of a  butterfly or moth.its a small animal with narrow body and feeds on leaves of plants as it develops

Answer 20

the larva of a butterfly or moth, which has a segmented wormlike body with three pairs of true legs and several pairs of appendages similar to legs.