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Josh Clark

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Stuff You Should Know
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians

Probably if I gave enough time to it, sure.

Stuff You Should Know
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians

I just, it's not a part of my life anymore.

Stuff You Should Know
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians

By the way, I know I brushed past it because I don't handle compliments that well, but I do appreciate the comment about me metamorphosizing into a butterfly.

Stuff You Should Know
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians

We'll definitely edit this part out.

Stuff You Should Know
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians

So did we just come back from ad break?

Stuff You Should Know
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians

Is that really what's going on here?

Stuff You Should Know
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians

Right, yeah, definitely.

Stuff You Should Know
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians

That's a big part.

Stuff You Should Know
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians

And it's not just for their beauty either.

Stuff You Should Know
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians

Caterpillars and butterflies alike are a food source for birds, which is sad, but it's part of the circle of life, I guess.

Stuff You Should Know
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians

So that's one reason alone.

Stuff You Should Know
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians

They're also probably even more important for your garden, pollinators.

Stuff You Should Know
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians

Big-time pollinators.

Stuff You Should Know
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians

There was a dead milkman joke in there.

Stuff You Should Know
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians

I couldn't quite make it.

Stuff You Should Know
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians

So they pollinate.

Stuff You Should Know
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians

They're a food source.

Stuff You Should Know
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians

And most...

Stuff You Should Know
Caterpillars: Nature's Magicians

caterpillars, although all of them eat leaves, and again, like we said, they're eating machines, the amount of damage they're doing really kind of pales in comparison to the benefits you get from having them in your ecosystem.