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• During the caterpillar stage, the insect is just

eating and growing.

• Each stage of an insect’s growth is called an

instar.

• Insects like grasshoppers and locusts have a

different life cycle. They have the nymph stage

and not caterpillar.

• Blowflies have a similar life cycle to butterflies

and their maggots live in dead bodies.

• Forensic scientists investigate the blow fly

maggots and pupa in a decaying corpse to find

out how long it has been dead.