Caterpillar

Of Lepidoptera and larva.

A wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth.

This concept's ID is @1~12032

Lasiocampidae

  • webworm 2 facts

    Several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed.

  • lappet caterpillar 0 facts

    Larva of a lappet moth.

Also contains

  • bollworm 2 facts

    Any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls.

  • cankerworm 2 facts

    Green caterpillar of a geometrid moth; pest of various fruit and shade trees.

  • silkworm 2 facts

    Larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its coc...

  • woolly bear 1 facts

    Caterpillar of numerous moths characterized by a dense coat of woolly hairs; feed on...

  • silkworm 1 facts

    The commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins...

  • cutworm 1 facts

    North American moth whose larvae feed on young plant stems cutting them off at the grou...

  • tent caterpillar 1 facts

    The larvae of moths that build and live in communal silken webs in orchard and...

  • Spodoptera frugiperda 0 facts

    Larva of a migratory American noctuid moth; destroys grasses and small gr...

  • corn borer 0 facts

    Larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize.

  • Manduca sexta 0 facts

    Large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants...

  • Pieris rapae 0 facts

    Toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly.

  • measuring worm 0 facts

    Small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly...

  • Manduca quinquemaculata 0 facts

    Large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato...

  • Phthorimaea operculella 0 facts

    Larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and to...

  • tussock caterpillar 0 facts

    Larva of a tussock moth.

  • armyworm 0 facts

    Noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain.

  • Spodoptera exigua 0 facts

    Moth larva that eats foliage of beets and other vegetables.