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Are butterflies and caterpillars the same animal?

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What he's saying is, while a moth appears to be one animal, with a wormy start and a flying finish, it's actually two animals — two in one! We start with a baby caterpillar that lives a full life and then dies, dissolves. There's a pause. read more

Then a new animal, the moth, springs to life, from the same cells, reincarnated. According to this theory, long, long ago, two very different animals, one destined to be wormy, the other destined to take wing, accidently mated, and somehow their genes learned to live side-by-side in their descendants. read more

However, there are thousands of moth caterpillars and hundreds of butterfly caterpillars that could be described as "spiny" or "smooth". These come in all colors imaginable, and many different patterns. There are both moth and butterfly caterpillars that are black, green, red, orange, white, and other colors, and they may be smooth or spiny. read more

Because caterpillars become butterflies and because butterflies lay eggs that become caterpillars. One species doesn't just develop into another species during its lifetime. Some baby birds and mammals also look nothing like their parents, yet they are the same species. read more

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