Caterpillar

A caterpillar was the larval form of a butterfly. The change from caterpillar into butterfly was called metamorphosis. (TV: The Green Death ^[+]Loading...["The Green Death (TV story)"])

The Eumenes was a genus of wasp which paralysed caterpillars and laid their eggs in their bodies, providing their larvae with an immediate food supply. (TV: The Ark in Space ^[+]Loading...["The Ark in Space (TV story)"])

In the 1970s, caterpillars grew to giant size due to exposure to an improperly mixed insecticide spray. They were returned to their normal size by the Third Doctor. (COMIC: Insect ^[+]Loading...["Insect (comic story)"])

On Telos, Jamie McCrimmon mistook a Cybermat for a caterpillar. (TV: The Tomb of the Cybermen ^[+]Loading...["The Tomb of the Cybermen (TV story)"]) In the mid-20th century, the Cybermen of Mondas used caterpillar-like creatures which Ace identified as drones. (COMIC: The Good Soldier ^[+]Loading...["The Good Soldier (comic story)"])

The Caterpillar Men resembled caterpillars, (COMIC: The Caterpillar Men ^[+]Loading...["The Caterpillar Men (comic story)"]) as did the Praxilions. (PROSE: Harvest of Time ^[+]Loading...["Harvest of Time (novel)"])