cientists have finally figured out where caterpillars got their extra sets of legs from. Turns out these chubby little limbs originate from their crustacean ancestors over 400 million years ago. Insects have six legs, except when they don’t. Caterpillars, the larvae of butterflies and moths, have additional sets of limbs known as
Caterpillars evolved chubby little ‘prolegs’ from crustaceans
Nov 23, 2023
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