A Caterpillar Is Spinning Silk And Cocooning On A Leaf. Royalty-Free Stock Photo

Caterpillar is a larva of insects in the order Lepidoptera. The vast majority of the body is slender and tubular The head is downward mouthed, the mouthpiece is chewing, and there are hard teeth The skull is hardened and dark in color, with 6 black spotted eyes on each side The chest has three segments, each with one pair of chest feet The abdomen usually has 10 segments, with 1 air valve on each side of each segment, and 5 pairs of feet and abdomen The body often has obvious patterns or longitudinal stripes.The various parts of the larva's body often have bristles, hair nodules, hair follicles, hair protrusions, and branch spikes.