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Like all insects which has complete metamorphosis the butterfly too has 4 stages of its life cycle. They are egg, larva (caterpillar), chrysallis (pupa) and imago (adult butterfly). However as you are aware the adult butterfly (or moth) has no mouth hence it cannot "eat" anything. The stage where the lepidoptera (butterfly and moth) eats the maximum is the caterpillar stage. It is always hungry. Here is a swallowtail cat polishing off a citrus plant ( Murraya koenigii ) leaf. Hope you guys like the photo, and please feel free to ask anything relating to the above!

 
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Great captured picture Shan ! good action picture, the sharpness and especially the background . What is there in the background?

Interesting tekst Shan too . Thanks for it
 
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Really good image Shan Pin sharp where is matters and great colours.
As always a very interesting description.
A question if I may, I know that bugs have ocelli, can I see them on the caterpillar?
 
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You really have big experience with insects Shan . You can be good to write articles, as your description is detailed.
 
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Bill Edwards said:
Really good image Shan Pin sharp where is matters and great colours.
As always a very interesting description.
A question if I may, I know that bugs have ocelli, can I see them on the caterpillar?
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unlike adult butterflies which have both simple as well as compound eyes, the 2nd stage (caterpillar) has simple eyes only (ocelli). Here its 3 simple eyes on both sides. marked it for your information @Bill Edwards
 
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Shan said:
thats my way to get people know about their subjects
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I might think for future for additional WikiPage on site . Who knows how far we can go .
 
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