Rights: Birgit E. Rhode, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Published 14 April 2009 Size: 31 KB Referencing Hub media

Fred the Thread is a caterpillar that grows into a small moth. The caterpillar was the basis of a detective hunt by the scientists at Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research.

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    Fred the Thread

    Fred the Thread is the caterpillar of a native moth (Houdinia flexilissima) and is quite possibly the world’s thinnest caterpillar. Fred was found following studies conducted by Dr Corinne Watts ...

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