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A baby imperial moth is called a caterpillar. The imperial moth is a big yellow moth with purple and brown spots. Its wings can be about as wide as a grown-up’s hand.
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What Is a Baby Butterfly Called? Caterpillar
A baby butterfly is called a caterpillar. Below you will find what baby butterflies eat, how they grow and which other animals share the same baby name.
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A baby butterfly is called a caterpillar.
Say the word together, then read two quick facts to remember it.
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Say “caterpillar”
A baby butterfly is called a caterpillar. Say it slowly and clap for each part of the word.
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Growing up
A young butterfly grows into an adult that is wingspan from 1 to 28 cm.
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Fun fact
Butterflies taste with their feet.
Act it outPretend to be a caterpillar with a parent.
Write itWrite “caterpillar” and circle the first letter.
Match gameSay an animal, your child says its baby name.
Similar animals
Other Animals Whose Babies Are Called Caterpillars
Learn these together with the butterfly. Tap a name to hear it.
Insect
A baby monarch butterfly is called a caterpillar. Monarch butterflies have bright orange and black wings. Every fall, many fly all the way from Canada and the US to Mexico.
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A baby Queen Alexandra’s birdwing is called a caterpillar. This is the biggest butterfly in the world. It lives only in a small patch of rainforest in Papua New Guinea.
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A baby viceroy butterfly is called a caterpillar. Viceroy butterflies are orange and black and look a lot like monarchs. Birds often leave them alone because they taste bad.
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A baby zebra swallowtail is called a caterpillar. Zebra swallowtails are butterflies with black and white stripes and long tails on their back wings. Their caterpillars eat the leaves of pawpaw trees.
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Quick quiz
Baby Name Quiz: Butterfly
A tiny game to check what stuck. Read the question out loud and let your little one tap the answer.
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Questions About Baby Butterflies
A baby butterfly is called a caterpillar. Butterflies taste with their feet.
Young butterflies soon eat the same kind of food as adults: flower nectar.
Butterflies live for about 2 to 4 weeks for most adults.
A group of butterflies is called a kaleidoscope.
They grow up where their parents live: gardens and meadows worldwide (gardens).
No. The butterfly is an insect.