caterpillar
Noun
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is a type of: larva - the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphosesubtypes:
- tussock caterpillar - larva of a tussock moth
- cankerworm - green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees
- inchworm, looper, measuring worm - small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
- phthorimaea operculella, potato tuberworm - larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco
- cutworm - North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the ground
- army worm, armyworm, pseudaletia unipuncta - noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain
- beet armyworm, spodoptera exigua - moth larva that eats foliage of beets and other vegetables
- fall armyworm, spodoptera frugiperda - larva of a migratory American noctuid moth; destroys grasses and small grains
- manduca sexta, tobacco hornworm, tomato worm - large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm
- manduca quinquemaculata, potato worm, tomato hornworm - large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm
- silkworm - the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk
- giant silkworm, silkworm, wild wilkworm - larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
- tent caterpillar - the larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and shade trees
- lappet caterpillar - larva of a lappet moth
- webworm - several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed
- corn borer, pyrausta nubilalis - larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize
- bollworm - any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls
- cabbageworm, pieris rapae - toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly
- woolly bear, woolly bear caterpillar - caterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairs; feed on plants and some are destructive pests
belongs to: lepidoptera, order lepidoptera - moths and butterflies -
is a type of: tracked vehicle - a self-propelled vehicle that moves on trackssame as: cat
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