Caterpillar

For a series of photographs showing caterpillar life-cycle, see Emperor Gum Moth. Claiborne is a name with multiple meanings:. Other carnivorous species of caterpillars are also known, but still represent a tiny fraction of all known representatives of these insect larvae. Dolores Claiborne -- novel by Stephen King. [...] It is the first time that caterpillars that eat snails or any other mollusk have been found." July 22, 2005. Claiborne Farm is a prominent thoroughbred race horse breeding farm in Paris, Kentucky. "Tiny, snail-eating caterpillars found in Hawaiian rain forests tie up their prey with sticky silk and snack on them at leisure. -- United States Ambassador to Portugal.

The include the Small White butterfly (brassicas), the Pine Butterfly, and the Codling Moth (apples). Herbert Claiborne Pell, Jr. Some caterpillars are considered serious pests of agriculture or forestry. Claiborne de Borda Pell -- Senator from Rhode Island. Recent findings have shown that they communicate with their ant protectors by means of vibrations as well as chemical means. Ellis -- Ku Klux Klan member turned civil rights activist. The Lycaenid butterflies are particularly well known. Claiborne P.

Some caterpillars obtain protection by associating themselves with ants. Representative from Tennessee and first governor of the State of Louisiana. The aim of all these aggressive defense measures is to assure that any predator that eats (or tries to eat) one of them will not be in a hurry to repeat the experience. William Charles Cole Claiborne -- U.S. This mechanism is not found in any vertebrates. Representative from Tennessee. One of their adaptations that enables them to eat this much is a mechanism in a specialized midgut which transports ions at a very high rate to the lumen (midgut cavity), to keep the potassium level higher in the midgut cavity than in the blood. Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856) -- Democrat; Lawyer; member of Tennessee state house of representatives; U.S.

For instance, a tobacco hornworm will increase its own weight ten thousand times in less than twenty days. Representative from Virginia. They have the fastest growth rate of any animal in the world. Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812) -- Democrat; Member of Virginia state legislature; U.S. Caterpillars have rightfully been called eating machines. Stephen Claiborne - writer. These toxic species, such as the Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) caterpillars, are brightly striped or coloured in red and yellow - the 'danger' colours. Representative from Virginia.

They are unaffected by the poison themselves, but it builds up in their system, making them highly toxic to anything that eats one of them. Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne -- Member of Virginia state legislature, U.S. Some caterpillars eat the leaves of plants that are toxic to other animals. John Marshall Claiborne -- Member of Texas state senate. However, some birds, like cuckoos, will swallow the hairiest of caterpillars. John Herbert Claiborne -- surgeon and physicist. These caterpillars have spiny bristles or long fine hairs that will irritate anything that brushes against them, or spit acidic digestive juices at potential enemies. John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne -- Member of Mississippi state legislature.

More aggressive self-defence measures are taken by the spitfires and hairy caterpillars. John Claiborne -- Republican Congressman. Others have a body coloration that closely resembles their food plant. Representative from Missouri. This is an attempt to convince predators that their back is actually their front, giving them an opportunity to escape to the 'rear' when attacked. James Robert Claiborne -- Democrat; U.S. Some caterpillars have large 'false eyes' towards the rear of their abdomen. Harry Claiborne -- Democrat; Member of Nevada state house of representatives.

These methods can be either passive, aggressive, or both. Consul. Many species of birds and animals consider caterpillars to be a tasty protein snack, so the caterpillars have evolved several methods of protecting and/or camouflaging themselves. Claiborne -- U.S. They rely on their antennae to help them locate food. Hamilton C. Rather than having fully-developed eyes they have a series of six tiny eyelets or 'ocelli' on the lower portion of their head. Ambassador to Vatican.

Caterpillars do not have very good eyesight or senses. Representative from Louisiana; U.S. These tubules are called 'spiracles', and inside the body they connect together into a network of airtubes or 'tracheae'. Corinne Claiborne Boggs -- Democrat; U.S. Air enters their bodies through a series of small tubules along the sides of their thorax and abdomen. Billy Claiborne -- western outlaw. Caterpillars do not breathe through their mouths.

The geometrids, also known as inchworms or loopers, are so named because of the way they locomote, appearing to measure the earth (the word 'geometrid' means 'earth-measurer' in Greek). The gap between the prolegs and the true legs can vary from a slight gap in some species to a large gap in families such as the geometridae. Another difference is that lepidopteran caterpillars have crochets or hooks on the prolegs. The sawfly larva (Hymenoptera) superficially resembles a caterpillar, but can usually be distinguished because the caterpillar has a gap between true legs and prolegs, whereas the sawfly does not.

Caterpillars have six true legs (being hexapods) on the thorax, up to four pairs of prolegs on the middle segments of the abdomen, and sometimes a single pair of prolegs on the last abdominal segment. They eat leaves voraciously, grow rapidly, shed their skins generally four or five times, and eventually pupate into an adult form. Caterpillars have long segmented bodies and many sets of "legs". A caterpillar is the larval form of a lepidopteran (a member of the insect order comprising butterflies and moths).

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