Caterpillar

I’m a caterpillar, and I have a special task: I need to eat a lot!
This way, one day, I will be able to become a beautiful butterfly or a mysterious moth. The gut of us caterpillars is very large and takes up a lot of space in our bodies. We could say that we’re made for eating!
Sometimes we can bother farmers because some of us eat crops. However, we’re very important for nature: for example, we’re food for many birds.
We caterpillars are also famous for our silk, with which we can build shelters or cocoons.Some caterpillars produce silk that humans use for clothing. However, if you see us and don’t know us, please don’t touch us.
Most caterpillars are harmless, but some can irritate you to defend themselves!
Other caterpillars have shapes and colours that help them hide from predators or resemble poisonous species, so they are not eaten!

Focus: An extraordinary growth!
The silkworm is a caterpillar that eats and grows a lot, becoming ten thousand times heavier in less than a month! But when it becomes a moth, it no longer eats.