Lepidoptera Larvae

Lepidoptera are types of butterflies and moths. We all know that butterflies are a type of animal that has a breeding period or life cycle, namely having several stages starting from eggs - caterpillars - pupae to becoming perfect butterflies. Thus, caterpillars are one of the stages in the life cycle of butterflies and moths including the following caterpillars

Location Bogor Regency, West Java Indonesia
Date 25-04-2025
ID 272950947
IDUU 06469db3-e36c-498e-ba07-15bc854241b1
Original link https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/272950947

Caterpillars or caterpillars in general are a stage in the life cycle of butterflies including in the order Lepidoptera. We all know that at this stage (Lepidoptera larvae) are plant eaters or herbivores. Note the leaves where the caterpillars perch are damaged because they are a food source for the caterpillars.

But caterpillars also play an important role in an ecosystem because caterpillars are a food source for other species. That's how life always occurs, a relationship between one living thing and another living thing and forms a symbiosis.

In the relationship between plant leaves and caterpillars, a parasitic symbiosis will form, where there is a species that benefits, namely the caterpillar, and there is a species that is harmed, namely the plant.