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Before a caterpillar makes a cocoon, it eats like crazy increasing its size. Then it finds an appropriate place to make a cocoon where it is unlikely to get eaten while it changes into an adult insect.
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∙ 7y ago
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∙ 15y agoMainly munch on leaves, until it builds its cocoon to become a butterfly.
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∙ 13y agoThey moult so that they can be a butterfly.They also go through a metamorphasis,which is a chemical reaction in their bodies.
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∙ 12y agoit lays thier and grows and grows to get bigger then it will wake up and eat it's way out of the lava and it's wing get dry and it's a butterfly
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∙ 6y agoIts main 'role' - is to eat ! A caterpillar is the larval stage of a butterfly. It's sole purpose - is to eat, and grow ready for the transformation via a chrysalis into a butterfly.
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∙ 11y agoIt's caterpillar-y.
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How do caterpillars hide from their enemies?
they will make their cocoon
What is the casting spun of silk by caterpillars?
cocoon
Do caterpillers have 1 or 2 coocons?
Caterpillars have 1 cocoon.
Where do caterpillars make their cocoon?
I've found one.. I thought it would be too late for any caterpillars.. I guess I was wrong!
What are little green and black caterpillars on webs on a bush?
my answer is the caterpillars are almost ready to be in their cocoon so they try to get used to it
How do caterpillers hatch from their cocoon?
They pull them selves out with there two front legs called shoobers.
Is there any way to save caterpillars that are taken out of their cocoon early?
Yes you don't do that
What do catterpillars sleep in when they transform into a butterfly?
Caterpillars sleep in a cocoon when they transform into a butterfly.
What was a butterfly called before a butterfly was called a butterfly?
The butterflies are called Caterpillars or they can be in a cocoon.
What animals have a 4-stage life cycle?
Caterpillars the larva, Caterpillar, cocoon, butterfly.
Where does a caterpillar get its food when its in the ca-coon?
caterpillars store their food before they form the cocoon.
What is the name of the caterpillars that stay inside the cocoon for weeks?
the caterpillers name is The Green Starrothe
