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How many different species of caterpillars are there?

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As Charles said, catterpillars are the young of butterflies and moths, so the answer is the same as the number of butterfly and moth species. How many are there? His largest estimate is the closest. read more

Caterpillars are the larva of butterflies and moths and there are over 180,000 different species of butterflies and moths so there are over 180,000. read more

There are over 2,600 species of moths and butterflies in the British Isles alone. Worldwide there are likely to be hundreds of thousands. How many is uncertain as in many countries little is known about this early stage of a butterfly or moth’s life-cycle. read more

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