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Plants evolve mechanisms of resistance to being eaten by caterpillars, including the evolution of chemical toxins and physical barriers such as hairs. Incorporating host plant resistance (HPR) through plant breeding is another approach used in reducing the impact of caterpillars on crop plants. [30] Some caterpillars are used in industry.
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The caterpillars grow to about 25 mm long. In color, they vary from light green to a dark brownish green. Light green caterpillars have white lines running down the body from the head to the tip of the abdomen while the darker caterpillars have a black stripe the length of their back.
The caterpillars grow by a series of moults and then when mature, the caterpillars eat their way out of the pods, usually in August. [4] Larval development lasts 18 to 30 days, [ 3 ] and then larvae migrate to the ground to overwinter in the soil, [ 4 ] spinning a cocoon containing particles of soil and hibernating inside.
Secretion-harvesting ants form ecological associations with secretion-producing plants, and typically defend their plant resources from herbivores. However, ant-associated caterpillars successfully wedged themselves between plants and ants: they feed on plant tissue and are nonetheless protected by patrolling ants.
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"Pestilence of Biblical proportions" is how Hinesburg resident Geoffrey Gevalt described the spongy moth caterpillar outbreak in this video he took in May 2022.
The white maguey worms, known as meocuiles, are caterpillars of a butterfly commonly named "tequila giant skipper," Aegiale hesperiaris. [4] [unreliable source?Aegiale hesperiaris is found usually in regions of Central Mexico, on the leaves of Agavaceae plants, such as Agave tequilana and Agave americana (maguey).