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Caterpillars and butterflies are different because the caterpillar is the out side of a butterfly. It may sound silly but a caterpillar sheds 6 times, four times as a caterpillar , once when it makes a pupa. When the butterfly hatches from it's cocoon it is really shedding it. Caterpillars are different because caterpillars are the early stage of the butterfly.

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