A caterpillar has an exoskeleton and feeds on many leaves before it makes a cocoon and becomes a butterfly.Which type of organism is a caterpillar?

A caterpillar gets energy by eating leaves, so it is a heterotroph rather than an autotroph, which makes its own food. It has an exoskeleton and no backbone, so it is an invertebrate. Therefore, the correct choice is “a heterotroph and an invertebrate.”

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