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Caterpillars are the larvae stage of butterflies and moths. People who study butterflies and moths are called lepidopterists and the study is called lepidoptery. It is a subset of entomology, the study of insects.

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The study of caterpillars is called Lepidoptera. Lepidopterology is also the study of moths and 3 of the super families of butterflies.

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