Yanying and Qishaos caterpillar book

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Yanying and Qishaos caterpillar book
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A caterpillar is an insect.
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   External parts of a caterpillar1. Head 2.
Thorax 3. Abdomen 4. Spiracle 5. Anal clasper 6.
Prolegs 7. Segment 8. Thoracic legs 9. Antenna
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A caterpillar has three pairs of true legs.
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caterpillars true legs
1) located on the monarch's thorax 2)
segmented, with joints 3) present in adult
insect
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These three pairs of legs will still exist after
they turn into adult butterfly or moth.
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A caterpillar has up to four pairs of prolegs
which are not real legs and will disappear after
they turn into adult.
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Caterpillars prolegs 1) located on the
abdomen 2) not segmented, no joints, fleshy
shaped like a cylinder 3) disappear in the adult
butterfly
A proleg is an appendage that looks like a leg,
and acts like a leg, but is not a true leg
(embryologically speaking).
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A caterpillar is the young of a butterfly or a
moth.
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A caterpillar cannot see very well.
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Caterpillars use their short antennae to look
for food.
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Caterpillars eat a lot and most of them feed on
plants.
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