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Is a catterpillar an insect

Updated: 10/8/2023
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βˆ™ 14y ago

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Yes, it is an insect because it will soon developed into a butterfly which is an insect.

My teacher thought us that caterpillars travel with only their first Six legs,the rest at the back are just for protection of its long body.

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βˆ™ 9y ago

The caterpillar is indeed considered an insect, despite the fact that it does not share the three part body segmentation common to Insecta. This is because the caterpillar represents the larval stage of the insect.

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βˆ™ 8y ago

It is a stage in the development of an insect. yes of cause the caterpiller turns into the butterfly

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βˆ™ 8y ago

A caterpillar is the larva stage of an adult moth or butterfly.

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βˆ™ 14y ago

Yees, it is a larval form of insect.

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βˆ™ 13y ago

yes

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βˆ™ 9y ago

insect

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