What happens if caterpillars don't eat enough?

The sad story is that they die. Since caterpillars get most, if not all of their water through eating, they slowly dehydrate. As they dry out, they move slower, and have a harder time getting food. If they don't get enough food, they don't get enough water, dry out, move slower, and have a harder time getting food. read more

Since caterpillars get most, if not all of their water through eating, they slowly dehydrate. As they dry out, they move slower, and have a harder time getting food. If they don't get enough food, they don't get enough water, dry out, move slower, and have a harder time getting food. read more

“Eating regularly throughout the day keeps your metabolism running at full speed, prevents dips in your energy, keeps you alert and focused, and [can help keep] your weight steady by preventing overeating at later meals,” Brigitte Zeitlin, M.P.H., R.D., C.D.N., founder of the New York-based BZ Nutrition, tells SELF. It’s not like if you don't eat often enough on one day, all your systems will immediately go haywire. read more

If you don’t take in enough calories every day, you may not be as fast and as strong as you could be, and may even break down rather than build up your muscles. If you are a healthy weight (in other words you don’t need to gain or lose weight), here are some general guidelines to help you eat enough: Don’t skip meals. read more

The caterpillar as a form has one mission and one alone: to gain enough weight through eating to go through several moults, then use its stored energy to complete the process of metamorphosis. read more