Caterpillar

How To Use Caterpillar In A Sentence

• After feeding, caterpillars pupate in a chrysalis, then transform into beautiful butterflies.
• The company doesn't anticipate any negative job impact at the Akashi plant, said Jim Dugan, a Caterpillar spokesman. Caterpillar Joins 'Onshoring' Trend
• The so-called psyche or butterfly is generated from caterpillars which grow on green leaves, chiefly leaves of the raphanus, which some call crambe or cabbage. The History of Animals
• She says that when a caterpillar encases itself in its cocoon, tiny cells called imaginal cells begin to appear within the chrysalis. Love For No Reason
• At both sites where mortality was monitored, many emerging seedlings were killed in early spring by tortricid caterpillars, especially Clepsis melaleucana.
• Silk moth cocoons are made of a layer of silk that the caterpillar exudes from glands in its mouth.
• He convinced the Army that it was better served by letting Caterpillar continue to manufacture bulldozers and tractors.
• I counted half a dozen chrysalises outside this morning, and those caterpillars may take months to complete the metamorphosis because of the cold weather, but because of the warm, cozy conditions this one's found, I expect it to emerge as a beautiful Gulf fritillary butterfly sometime within the next two weeks. Archive 2009-12-01
• In future articles, we'll talk about plant chewing critters like beetles, caterpillars, borers, and the Leaf Cutter Bee.
• Each time the caterpillar grows bigger, it sheds its skin in a process called molting.