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What is special about caterpillars?

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10y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Metamorphosis is what is special about caterpillars. The animals in question represent the larval stage of lepidopterans. They serve as the transition between the shell-encased eggs and the cocoon-enshrouded pupae in the life cycles of butterflies and moths.

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