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We went nature hiking and found several new nests of catepillars in many different stages ranging from 1/4 inch to 2 inches. They were all twitching back and forth left then right left then right all of them kind of in a rhythm even the little ones were doing this. Is this a form of communication?

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Some species of caterpillars will raise up and twich together as a group when the group is disturbed!

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