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Caterpillar Food

7/4/2003


name         Susan H.
status       other
age          40s
     
Question -   What do caterpillars eat?
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Caterpillars eat plant material (usually restricted to leaves) until it has enough stored 
materials and energy to metamorphose into a moth or butterfly.  Each species may have their 
own plant preference.

Steve Sample
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