caterpillar
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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
It's carrying a caterpillar – prey to feed its young.
From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025
Chalamet’s caterpillar mustache, which he grew for his upcoming film “Marty Supreme,” made the perfect finishing touch to complete the look.
From Salon • Jan. 28, 2025
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
Departing from Goedart’s example, she also included eggs, declaring boldly that eggs were the source of every caterpillar despite widespread public belief in spontaneous generation of insects.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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