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>This article is about insect larvae. For the company, see Caterpillar Inc.; for the vehicle locomotion systems, see caterpillar track (land) or caterpillar drive (water). A caterpillar is the larval form of a lepidopteran (a member of the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). Caterpillars have long segmented bodies and many sets of "legs". They eat leaves voraciously, grow rapidly, shed their skins generally four or five times, and eventually pupate into an adult form.
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