Question

Caterpillar and maggot are
A. Larvae
B. Nymphs
C. Adults
D. Pupa

Answer 1

Hint: The caterpillars have soft bodies that can grow rapidly between the moults. The caterpillars suffer predation from many animals. The caterpillars also known as the eating machines and eat leaves. After the pupil stage, the maggots turn into flies.

Complete answer: Both the caterpillars and the maggots and are larvae or the first life stage for many types of insects after the egg. The maggots are the larvae of the flies. The caterpillars are the larvae of moths and butterflies. Sometimes the larval stage is referred to as the feeding stage. Typically the caterpillars are voracious feeders and many of them are among the most serious of agricultural pests. Many of the moth species are known in their caterpillar stages because of the damage they cause to the fruits and other agricultural produce, whereas the moths are obscure and do not harm directly. On the contrary, various species of the caterpillar are valued as the sources of silk, as human or animal food, or for the biological control of pest plants. Typically the maggots are tubular, with no discernible body parts. The exception to the maggot’s physical consistency across species is the rat-tailed maggot. This distinctive maggot is the larvae of the drone fly which is distributed widely and found in the United States and Canada. The rat-tailed maggot is aquatic. It has a distinctive tail, which is actually a breathing tube. The tube is typically around forty millimeters in length, twice as long as the maggot’s body.
Hence, the correct answer is option A.

Note: The caterpillar hair can cause many human health problems. The hairs of caterpillars have venoms in them and they can inflict serious human injuries such as urticarial dermatitis, asthma to osteochondritis, consumption coagulopathy, kidney failure, and brain bleeding. Skin rashes are the most common disease. Eating maggots can cause bacterial poisoning. Most of the foods that have maggots are not safe to eat, especially if the larvae have been in contact with the feces.