How do caterpillars acquire chubby legs (IMAGE)

National University of Singapore

How do caterpillars acquire chubby legs

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Photograph of an Attacus atlas caterpillar depicting the differences between the thoracic legs, which are uniramous (have one branch) and end in a single claw, and the prolegs, which are fleshy and have many crochets at the tip.

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A. Monteiro

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