Caterpillar: Parts Viz _best_

A student raised a hand. "Professor, which part is most important?"

The caterpillar chewed on, indifferent to its own anatomy. Would you like a diagram or a glossary version of the same "viz." list? caterpillar parts viz

"Note the six pairs of simple eyes, called stemmata . They don't see images—only light and shadow. And those tiny antennae? They taste the air. But the real marvel, viz. the mandibles —horizontal jaws that shred leaves like botanical scissors." A student raised a hand

The old man smiled, closing his notebook. "None alone. But together, viz. the whole—they form a eating, climbing, surviving miracle. Tomorrow it will spin a silk pad. Next week, a chrysalis. Next month, wings." A student raised a hand. "Professor