4,000 Humans have about 600 muscles. Caterpillars have as many as 4,000, with 248 in their heads alone.
5 ½ Hickory horned devil caterpillars (Citheronia regalis) grow up to 5 ½ inches long, making them among the world’s largest.
1 Hyposmocoma molluscivora, a Hawaiian moth, is the only species whose caterpillars are known to eat snails. They crawl inside the shells and eat the snails alive.
6 Caterpillars have six true legs, found toward the front on the thorax. The other appendages are known as prolegs, and have suction cups called crotchets that cling tightly to surfaces.
1,000 Silkworm moth caterpillars (Bombyx mori) produce unbroken silk threads up to 1,000 yards long to form their cocoons.
7 The Arctic woolly bear moth spends up to seven years as a caterpillar, eating for just a few…
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