http://www.petsanimalsworld.com closer to the animal world Tue, 06 Mar 2007 04:56:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.petsanimalsworld.com/caterpillars/caterpillar-an-introduction/ http://www.petsanimalsworld.com/caterpillars/caterpillar-an-introduction/#comments Sat, 22 Jul 2006 07:26:42 +0000 admin http://www.petsanimalsworld.com/caterpillars/caterpillar-an-introduction/ The caterpillar develops like any other larva from the segmented egg and differentiating embryo and undergoes several moltings, or ecdyses. It is the larval stage of butterflies and moths, members of the order Lepidoptera, and corresponding in this special order to the grub, maggot, or larva phase in the life history of other insects. It later falls into a quiescent pupa stage, and the pupa is usually sheathed in a silken cocoon.

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