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That it's an intermediate stage in a life cycle is the reason why caterpillars eat a lot of food. The first stage is the egg. The second is the caterpillar. The third stage is the chrysalis. The fourth stage is the butterfly or moth. The caterpillar needs to eat enough food to build the chrysalis and then emerge in a completely different form with completely different responsibilities.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoAs a matter of fact, birds do eat caterpillars. Not ALL birds eat them.
like if they had a bad experience while they were small and ate a bad-tasting one ;P
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∙ 15y agoIt could be ready to pupate. Make sure it's in a situation where this is easily possible - a twig or branch to cling to, and access to escape for the eventual imago.
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∙ 15y agoMany birds do eat worms and caterpillars, but some caterpillars have defenses such as toxins or hair to deter those that would eat them.
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∙ 9y agoA caterpillar eats almost constantly because it needs a lot of nutrients. It has a lot of growing to do in a short amount of time so it can turn into a butterfly or moth.
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Is a leaf part of a food chain?
Yes, it counts as vegetation. Caterpillars eat leaves, bird eats caterpillar, so on... so on...
Is a caterpillar a carnivor?
Caterpillars eat plants so they are herbivores.
Hello my name is Margaret Beatrice Casabella smith one question about caterpillers do they eat luttuce and tomato and why small amounts of food will they get a sore stomach from to much food?
Every kind of caterpillar has different food requirements. If you have found a caterpillar on a plant in the wild you should feed it the leaves of the plant you found it on. If you did not find it in the wild then please ask the person you got it from what it eats. It is not true that you should only feed a caterpillar small amounts of food. Consider that in the wild a caterpillar lives on a plant many times its size - a huge banquet! However you might not want to pick large amounts of the plant because they will wilt after a short time and then you will need to pick more. For the plant's good you might want to give the caterpillar smaller amounts more frequently so you waste less. But you should give the caterpillar as much as it will eat.
How cool is colin the caterpillar?
so cool! he is the best caterpillar ever and his favourite food is a leaf sandwich!
What is a caterpillar if it is an organism that cannot make its own food?
A caterpillar is a consumer, consumers cannot make their own food, so they consume plants or other organisms for food
How much do black panthers eat?
they eat what they can,as much as they can,when they can.only a few out of all of them have a steady food supply so they eat as much as they can when the do get food.
Can I help a caterpillar get out of its cacoon?
Do not help the caterpillar, the caterpillar will realize the cacoon is open so the caterpillar will go out of the cacoon and form another if it can so leave your caterpillar alone.
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.
Why do Greeks eat so much?
Their food tastes so good!
How can goku eat so much food?
He is a saiyan... o3o and saiyans eat ALOT.
Why does goku eat so fast?
because he likes food so much
a lot of food that dog needs to eat as much as he can?
Dog food
