What do caterpillares eat?

Answer 1

The eat leaves

Answer 2

These answers are listed from most common to least common. That is, the top answer refers to most caterpillars, the bottom answer refers to the fewest species of caterpillars.

# Most caterpillars are herbivores, and eat only plants (eg: leaves, fruits, etc). The type of plant they eat depends on the species of caterpillar. Many species of caterpillars will only eat one type of plant their entire lives. If you have a pet caterpillar you should feed it leaves from the tree or plant where you found it. Some caterpillars will also eat many different types of plants. # There are some caterpillar species that are predatory and will eat other insects (eg: aphids), or the eggs or larvae of other insects. Cannibalistic caterpillars will even eat other caterpillars.

# There are a few species of caterpillars that will eat decaying organic matter, from dead plants to dead animals, even fecal matter.

actually they do eat that but they are herbivores so they eat all knd of plants that i guess r green