caterpillar

larva of a butterfly or moth
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caterpillar

Summary

caterpillar is a developmental stage of animal[1]. caterpillar draws 24,700 Wikipedia views per month (developmental_stage_of_animal category, ranking #2 of 12).[2]

Key Facts

  • caterpillar's instance of is recorded as developmental stage of animal[3].
  • caterpillar is a type of insect larva[4].
  • caterpillar's Commons category is recorded as Caterpillars[5].
  • caterpillar's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Caterpillars[6].
  • caterpillar's Commons gallery is recorded as Caterpillar[7].
  • caterpillar's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • caterpillar's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • caterpillar's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • caterpillar's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[11].
  • caterpillar's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 4[12].
  • caterpillar's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].

Body

Definition and Type

caterpillar's instance of is recorded as developmental stage of animal[3]. caterpillar is a type of insect larva[4].

Influence

Things named for caterpillar include Caterpillar Inc.[14], a business[15], in United States[16], founded in 1925[17], headquartered in Irving[18]; pipe cleaner[19]; and caterpillar tree[20].

Why It Matters

caterpillar draws 24,700 Wikipedia views per month (developmental_stage_of_animal category, ranking #2 of 12).[2] caterpillar has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] caterpillar is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for caterpillar include Caterpillar Inc.[14], a business[15], in United States[16], founded in 1925[17], headquartered in Irving[18]; pipe cleaner[19]; and caterpillar tree[20].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Mapenite · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ay', 'az', 'ban', 'bdr', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'bjn', 'bn', 'ca'
    National library of latvia id → 000118912
    Sitelink count → 119
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1368]]: 000118912"
  2. 6w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C4064
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C4064, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  3. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Stoja Novaković
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q292265, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  4. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → caterpillars
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: caterpillars, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289917928|caterpillars (#289917928)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  5. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Caterpillars
    Instance of → —
    Svkkl authority id → h0008919-housenky
    Instance of → developmental stage of animal
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0008919-housenky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
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