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Observe a caterpillar munching on leaves
Watch caterpillars eating vegetation.
Video: © Fun Travel TV (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Monarch Butterfly Migration Explained
Learn about the monarch butterfly, including its annual migration to Mexico.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Rinus Baak/Dreamstime.com
View the hatching of the cabbage white caterpillars from eggs
Time-lapse video, filmed over two days, of cabbage white caterpillars (Pieris...
Video: Video by Neil Bromhall; music, Markus Staab/Musopen.org (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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Hungry, hungry caterpillar
A brown-tail moth caterpillar (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) feeding on a leaf.
© sandra standbridge—Moment/Getty Images
Larval mourning cloak butterfly
Caterpillar of the mourning cloak, or Camberwell beauty, butterfly (Nymphalis...
© Nikki Reicha and Kaleb Krein
Monarch caterpillar
The caterpillar of a monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) on a milkweed.
© Danita Delimont/stock.adobe.com
caterpillars
A mass of crawling caterpillars.
© Digital Vision/Getty Images
Atlas moth caterpillar
The large, spiny caterpillar of the atlas moth (Attacus atlas).
© wagner_md/stock.adobe.com
Leopard lacewing eggs and larvae
Close-up of newly hatched caterpillars and mature eggs of leopard lacewing (Cethosia...
© Matee Nuserm/Dreamstime.com
Larval Gulf fritillary
A harmless Gulf fritillary caterpillar (Agraulis vanillae) in Florida.
Photograph taken by Melissa Petruzzello
Defensive bristles
A bristly caterpillar of the rusty tussock moth (Orgyia antiqua).
© Leo6001/Dreamstime.com
Woolly bear
A banded woolly bear caterpillar is the larval stage of the Isabella tiger moth (Pyrrharctia...
© Paul Reeves/Dreamstime.com
Flannel moth caterpillar
Armed with venomous spines, a flannel moth caterpillar (Megalopyge opercularis)...
© Brett/stock.adobe.com
Monarch caterpillar
Caterpillar of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) feeding on a milkweed...
© Julie DeRoche—Design Pics/Getty Images
Lepidopteran larva
Colorful caterpillar of the spurge hawk moth (Hyles euphorbiae).
© Tiberiu Sahlean/Dreamstime.com
Swallowtail caterpillar
A pipevine swallowtail caterpillar (Battus philenor) in Texas. Its is mildly...
Alejandro Santillana/University of Texas at Austin
Master of camouflage
A larval spring moth (Biston strataria) hiding in plain sight.
© Stig Karlsson/Dreamstime.com
Brown tailed moth larvae
A group of brown tailed moth caterpillars (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) emerging...
© Patrick Gosling/Dreamstime.com
Silkworms
Larvae of the domesticated silkworm (Bombyx mori) feeding on mulberry leaves...
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Cuckoo
A common, or European, cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) with a caterpillar in its...
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Lime butterfly (Papilio demoleus)
Butterflies have a long proboscis that allows them to suck nectar from flowers.
© Christian Musat/stock.adobe.com
armyworm
The armyworm (Pseudaletia unipuncta), the larva of an owlet moth (family...
William E. Ferguson
Caterpillars
Disruptive markings provide protection for a clump of caterpillars.
E.S. Ross
Tent caterpillars
Eastern tent caterpillars (Malacosoma americanum).
G. E. Hyde/The Natural History Photographic Agency
Caterpillars of the eastern tent caterpillar moth (Malacosoma americanum,...
Louis Quitt/Photo Researchers
Indian meal moth larva
Indian meal moth larva (Plodia interpunctella)
Scott Bauer—Agricultural Research Service/U.S. Department of Agriculture
Omnivorous looper (Sabulodes caberata) larva
William E. Ferguson
Pine processionaries
A line of pine processionary caterpillars (Thaumetopoea pityocampa).
Ingmar Holmasen
Silkworm larvae (genus Bombyx) feeding on mulberry leaves.
UPI/Bettmann Archive
Tussock caterpillar
Spotted tussock caterpillar (Lophocampa maculata).
E.S. Ross
Startle markings of a mature swallowtail butterfly larva (Papilio).
E.S. Ross
body plan of a male lepidopteran
Body plan of a generalized male adult butterfly or moth and caterpillar.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
respiration: animals
Different methods of respiration in animals.
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life cycle of the monarch butterfly
Life cycle of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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