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Caterpillars are usually found under leaves because it both helps hide them a little from predators and will help protect them from water if it rains.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agothe caterpillar lives under the leaf so that it can prevent from falling things or rain.
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When and where a butterfly through metamorphosis?
Caterpillar cocoons itself usually attached to a leaf and then butterfly emerges later
A leaf-eating caterpillar turns into a nectar-eating butterfly How is this feeding advantage for this species?
If a leaf eating caterpillar turns into a nectar eating butterfly, this feeding behavior allows the species to consume a larger variety of foods.
Can you raise a caterpiller into a butterfly?
yes you can raise a caterpillar into a butterfly. and you feed it by putting drops of water on a leaf for the caterpillar. then it makes a cocoon. you have to wait two weeks or more.
A leaf-eating caterpillar turns into a nectar-eating butterflyHow is the feeding behavior an advantage for this species?
If a leaf eating caterpillar turns into a nectar eating butterfly, this feeding behavior allows the species to consume a larger variety of foods.
Where does the Indian leaf butterfly live?
i think it lives in between India and china
How can you use word pupa in a sentence?
the caterpillar will turn into a small brown pupa hidden in the leaf which will then emerge as a small brown moth.
What is the first stage in the metamorphosis of a butterfly?
After a caterpillar comes out of the cocoon, it sits on a leaf and flaps its wings slowly to dry them. Once dried, they flap them harder and begin to hover. Then, once they get used to it, They take off!! Butterflies are beautiful! i i {|} {|} ^ | / \ \/ \
When do caterpillars eat?
it really just depends on which type of caterpillar it is. most caterpillar's eat leaves. if you wet a leaf and leave it on the grass it will come and drink the water on the leaf and then munch on the leaf until the caterpillar, well, doesn't wan;t to eat anymore.
What is a table called with attached extensions sliding out from under each end?
The table can be called a drop leaf table, or a butterfly table. The table can be called a drop leaf table, or a butterfly table.
What is the relationship between the caterpillar and leaf?
they have mutuality relationship
What time of year do butterflies emerge?
the caterpillar is in it's cocoon for seven days before it turns into a butterfly and comes out. then the butterfly has to sit on the leaf for three hours before it can fly. it's wings have to dry off.
What kind of leaf do caterpillars like the best?
a caterpillar will only eat the leaf it was born on so it depends on what kind of caterpillar it is.
