Kay eye ess ess eye en geee. No not really. Hiding from predators for the night. Tomorrow morning they will continue devouring my tree.
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Is it common to call caterpillars "worms" in English speaking countries?
I have to admit "caterpillar" is a mouthful, many languages have much shorter words for that.
In America, if it has loads of legs, and preferably fuzzy, it's a caterpillar. There may be exceptions, can't think of one in any region.
This is not an english speaking country (primarily) so most people use the word “wurm” for both worms and caterpillars. Though technically you are correct, a caterpillar is a “ruspe”
Isch Raupe hier.