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No, a caterpillar does not eat while it is in the chrysalis stage. During this transformation, the caterpillar undergoes metamorphosis, breaking down its body and reorganizing it into a butterfly or moth. This process relies on the energy accumulated from the caterpillar's previous feeding stages. Once it emerges as an adult, it will begin to eat again.

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