Caterpillars have soft bodies that can grow rapidly between moults.

Caterpillars can evade predators by using a silk line and dropping off from branches when disturbed.

Caterpillars can be confused with the larvae of sawflies ( see image on right ).

Caterpillars placed in non-soapy water can literally crawl across the surface to escape.

Caterpillars can be prey to parasitoid wasps of the family Braconidae.

There are a large amount of musicians that perform almost constantly on one of two stages, dozens of booths offering a wide variety of merchandise, some interesting and delicious food, and helicopter tours of Beattyville / Lee County and " Woolly Worm Races ", which is won by coaxing one of these " Hairy Caterpillars " up a string, the first one to reach the top wins, with the only rule being " No Touching ", there is usually a cash prize for the winner.

Caterpillars are voracious feeders and many of them are considered to be pests in agriculture.

Caterpillars of the concealer moth Alabonia geoffrella have been found feeding inside dead blackberry shoots.

Caterpillars are found mainly on Ammobium alatum.

Caterpillars of the Ulysses Butterfly ( Papilio ulysses ) are fond of M. elleryana ; on M. clusiifolia caterpillars of Thyrocopa moths have been found.

Caterpillars of Lusk's Pinemoth ( Coloradia luski ) have been found to feed only on Eastern White Pines.

Caterpillars of the concealer moth, Alabonia geoffrella, have been found feeding inside dead common hazel twigs.

Caterpillars of the Oleander Hawk-moth ( Daphnis nerii ) have been found to feed on Pinwheel Flower ( T. divaricata ).

Caterpillars of the moth Coleophora bifrondella feed exclusively on Winter savory ( S. montana ).

Caterpillars of Nemoria arizonaria that grow in spring feed on oak catkins and appear green.

Image: Baby Caterpillars crop2. jpg | Caterpillars hatching on an apple tree in Victoria, BC, Canada

Caterpillars of the Coleophoridae case-bearer moths Coleophora glitzella, Coleophora idaeella and Coleophora vitisella are obligate feeders on Vaccinium vitis-idaea leaves.

Caterpillars of such Lepidoptera as Brimstone Moth, Brown-tail, Grey Dagger, Mottled Umber, Rough Prominent, The Satellite, Winter Moth, and the Red-Spotted Purple and the White Admiral ( both Limenitis arthemis ), as well as various other herbivorous insects feed on Amelanchier.

Caterpillars of the engrailed moth ( Ectropis crepuscularia ), a polyphagous geometer moth, also feed on Purple Loosestrife.

Caterpillars rest on the undersides of the leaves, thus making them less visible to predators.

Caterpillars of many species except those of the Riodininae have a gland on the 7th abdominal segment that produces honey dew and is called the dorsal nectary gland ( also called Newcomer's gland ).

Caterpillars feed on a wide variety of plant tissue and across a wide spectrum of plant groups from liverworts to angiosperms.

Caterpillars of the Oleander or Polka-Dot Wasp Moth ( Syntomeida epilais ) feed specifically on oleanders and survive by eating only the pulp surrounding the leaf-veins, avoiding the fibers.

Unicorns Are People Too was The Unicorns ' first studio album, and was limited to 500 copies on their own label, Caterpillars of the Community.

Caterpillars also feed on plants of the plantain family, such as Plantago ; and the Acanthus family including ruellia ( Ruellia nodiflora ).

Caterpillars feed on plants of genus Euodia belonging to the Rutaceae, commonly known as the rue or citrus family.

Caterpillars live communally on uncut branches of the foodplant at first, before dispersing in the later developmental stages to other parts of the tree.

Caterpillars of this family are large in size and are most often hairy, especially on their sides.

Caterpillars on the Foliage of Conifers in the Northeastern United States .. Morgantown, WV: USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team

Caterpillars have been called " eating machines ", and eat leaves voraciously.

Caterpillars cause much damage, mainly by eating leaves.

Caterpillars that create shelters from leaves are also creating shelters for other organisms which may occupy them either simultaneously or subsequently.

Caterpillars are the larval form of members of the order Lepidoptera ( the insect order comprising butterflies and moths ).

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This work consists of seventeen volumes ( including twelve signed by Duponchel ), 7600 coloured plates and 500 " boards " ( which appear under the title Iconographie des Chenilles or Iconography of the Caterpillars ).

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This type of presentation is usually accomplished with a camera and a projector or a computer viewing screen which can rapidly cycle through images in a sequence.

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They are herbaceous perennials with bulbs, and can be identified by their rather fleshy leaves, usually large and attractive flowers, with six stamens and an inferior ovary.

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Flowers across the Apiaceae are fairly uniform and are usually perfect ( hermaphroditic ) and actinomorphic, but some are andromonoecious, polygamomonoecious, or even dioecious ( as in Acronema ), with a distinct calyx and corolla, but the calyx if often highly reduced, to the point of being undetectable in many species, while the corolla can be white, yellow, pink or purple.

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Optic ataxia is usually part of Balint's syndrome, but can be seen in isolation with injuries to the superior parietal lobule, as it represents a disconnection between visual-association cortex and the frontal premotor and motor cortex, and ataxic respiration ( lack of coordination in respiratory movements, usually due to dysfunction of the respiratory centres in the medulla oblongata ).

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Abzymes are usually artificial constructs, but are also found in normal humans ( anti-vasoactive intestinal peptide autoantibodies ) and in patients with autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus, where they can bind to and hydrolyze DNA.