Caterpillars

 

=Caterpillars =  media type="youtube" key="Ype1Ik-k7VE" height="344" width="425" A very hungry caterpillar!!!

After hatching from an egg, the caterpillar begins to eat. 



 As stated in Eric Carle's //The Very Hungry Caterpillar, the caterpillar will continue to eat until it grows in to a very large caterpillar. // 

 The caterpillar is commonly referred to a the larva (or larvae in the plural). A commonly seen larva is Alabama is the "milkweed caterpillar." This is the larva of our state butterfly, the Monarch. The "milkweed caterpillar" eats the leaves of the milkweed plant.