Nick Upton / Forest caterpillar hunter (Calosoma sycophanta) feeding on a Gypsy moth caterpillar (Lymantria dispar) it has killed in a Holm oak tree, Bacu Goloritze ravine, Baunei, Sardinia, Italy, May.

Nigel Cattlin / Immature caterpillar of a codling moth (Cydia pomonell) eating its way through a gallery in a ripening apple fruit, Berkshire, July

Nigel Cattlin / Large rose sawfly (Arge pagana) larvae feeding on ornamental rose leaves in summer, Berkshire, September

Nigel Cattlin / Rice leaf folder moth (Cnaphalocrocis medinalis) caterpillar of pest species in folded Rice (Oryza sativa) leaf , Luzon, Philippines

Edwin Giesbers / Sword-grass moth (Xylena exsoleta) caterpillar on Field gladiolus (Gladiolus italicus). Cyprus. April.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of a Cairns birdwing (Ornithoptera euphorion) butterfly caterpillar metamorphosing into a chrysalis, Queensland, Australia, April.

Juergen Freund / Timelapse of a Cairns birdwing (Ornithoptera euphorion) butterfly caterpillar emerging from egg on an Dutchman's pipe (Aristolochia) leaf and feeding, Queensland, Australia, April.

Mark Bowler / Sphinx hawk moth (Hemeroplanes triptolemus) caterpillar, snake mimic species, Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, Maijuna, Rio Napo, Peru

Mark Bowler / Sphinx hawk moth (Hemeroplanes triptolemus) caterpillar, snake mimic species, Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, Maijuna, Rio Napo, Peru

Mark Bowler / Sphinx hawk moth (Hemeroplanes triptolemus) caterpillar, snake mimic species, Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, Maijuna, Rio Napo, Peru

Paul Bertner / Caterpillar with aposematic coloration, Gunung Leuser National Park, Sumatra, Indonesia

Steve Downer / Green tiger beetle (Cicindela campestrus) feeding on caterpillar, UK, June.