caterpillar

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Trefry likened this awkward time of life to the stage in a butterfly’s development when a caterpillar disappears inside a chrysalis and dissolves into goo before reforming into something entirely new.

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2025

If you’ve ever glimpsed a caterpillar dangling from a branch by a silk thread, they’re on their way down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Awd Goggie was a giant caterpillar in charge of the orchards.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

A train cruises by their window at night like a caterpillar, the yellow windows of separate lives in other buildings illuminating its way.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024

So, all for Science, I cleaned up caterpillar poop.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly