Did you know that I just found a live caterpillar-just cruising around my house? I named it Katie. Did you know that caterpillars have pinchers for eating? When they are threatened, they curl up in a ball. Their favorite food are lilly leaves. Well, Katie was munching on a carrot instead! They curl up in a ball when they want to sleep. The kind that I found was green, had two rows of spots on its back, had no antennae, had stubby feet like a V, and was blind! Now how could Katie sense or see where she is going? Well she uses the other three senses, touch, smell, and taste. Maybe she has eyes, but they are black, so I can't see them. Maybe they were camouflaged. I'll release her next week, and she will become a beautiful butterfly! Or a moth. Here is a picture of Katie.
Index
pinchers: small jaws on animals, used for eating, or pinching
threatened: scared or hurt
antennae: two small hairlike feelers on the head
camouflaged: disguised in the same color as surroundings
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