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        "owners"
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        "review by codex: pass"
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    "registryId": "vr.tr.caterpillar",
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      "PHY.LIV"
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    "name": "caterpillar",
    "purpose": "Let an agent handle caterpillars by species, host plant, stage and impact, including silkworms, crop pests and stinging species.",
    "definition": "The larval stage of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), a soft-bodied, segmented feeder that grows through moults before pupating.",
    "what_it_is_for": "Caterpillars are organisms; people farm some for silk and food, protect others and control pests.",
    "affordances": [
      "identify it, to species",
      "rear it, as with silkworms",
      "control it, where it damages crops",
      "avoid touching stinging species"
    ],
    "distinguishing_features": [
      "A larval stage, not a separate animal",
      "Feeds heavily and grows through moults",
      "Many are specialist herbivores",
      "Some have urticating hairs that cause rashes"
    ],
    "appearance": "A long segmented larva with a head, three pairs of true legs and fleshy prolegs; many are camouflaged, brightly warning-coloured or hairy.",
    "visual_identification": [
      "Segmented body with true legs and prolegs",
      "Colour and hair patterns suggest species",
      "Sawfly larvae look similar but have more prolegs"
    ],
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        "unit": "mm",
        "note": ""
      },
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        "quantity": "number of instars",
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        "unit": "moults",
        "note": "typical"
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      "silkworms and wild silkworms",
      "crop pests such as cutworms",
      "stinging and hairy caterpillars such as tussock moths",
      "edible caterpillars"
    ],
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      {
        "relation": "is a stage of",
        "target": "butterfly or moth",
        "why": "Lepidoptera"
      },
      {
        "relation": "is a kind of",
        "target": "insect",
        "why": "larval insect"
      },
      {
        "relation": "feeds on",
        "target": "plant",
        "why": "host plants"
      },
      {
        "relation": "produces",
        "target": "silk",
        "why": "silkworms"
      }
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      {
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        "value_or_pattern": "binomial of the species",
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      }
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      "Plant health rules on regulated pests",
      "Pesticide rules",
      "Novel food rules for edible insects"
    ],
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      "Skin and eye reactions from urticating hairs",
      "Crop and forest damage",
      "Allergic reactions"
    ],
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    "out_of_scope": [],
    "characteristics": [],
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      "may": [
        "Identify caterpillars and report whether a species is protected, a pest or has urticating hairs.",
        "Report pest outbreaks to plant health authorities."
      ],
      "must_not": [
        "Encourage children to handle caterpillars with urticating hairs.",
        "Apply pesticides that harm non-target species beyond the label.",
        "Collect or trade protected species."
      ],
      "requires_human": [
        "Large-scale control of caterpillar outbreaks in forests or crops."
      ]
    },
    "ethics": {
      "considerations": [
        "Caterpillars become butterflies and moths, many of them declining.",
        "Some cause serious reactions, especially in children."
      ],
      "affected_parties": [
        "Children and the public",
        "Foresters and farmers",
        "Butterfly and moth populations"
      ]
    },
    "owners": {
      "steward": "Nobody owns wild caterpillars; plant health authorities regulate pests.",
      "master_systems": [
        "Biodiversity and species occurrence databases"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "id": "wikidata",
      "title": "Wikidata item Q81825: caterpillar",
      "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81825",
      "url_status": "live",
      "what_it_supports": "identity and sense of the item",
      "checked_by": "wikidata-api"
    },
    {
      "id": "wikipedia-en",
      "title": "Wikipedia: Caterpillar",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterpillar",
      "url_status": "live",
      "what_it_supports": "general description of the item",
      "checked_by": "wikidata-api sitelink"
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  ],
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    "bundles": [
      {
        "id": "identification",
        "name": "Identification",
        "description": "Which caterpillar.",
        "rationale": "Species identity decides impact and safety.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "species",
            "name": "Species",
            "description": "Name and adult.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "species-finding",
                "name": "Species",
                "description": "Species and adult form.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which species is this caterpillar, and what does the adult look like?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How was it identified?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "stage",
            "name": "Stage",
            "description": "Instar.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "stage-finding",
                "name": "Instar",
                "description": "Development stage.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which instar is it?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "When will it pupate?",
                    "kind": "measurement"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "ecology",
        "name": "Ecology",
        "description": "Host plants and role.",
        "rationale": "Host plants explain where caterpillars occur.",
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          {
            "id": "host",
            "name": "Host plants",
            "description": "What it eats.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "host-finding",
                "name": "Host plants",
                "description": "Host plants.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which plants does it feed on?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is it a specialist or generalist?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "role",
            "name": "Role",
            "description": "Pest, pollinator stage, prey.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "role-finding",
                "name": "Role",
                "description": "Ecological role.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is it a pest here?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Is the species protected?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "safety",
        "name": "Safety",
        "description": "Stinging hairs.",
        "rationale": "Some caterpillars cause painful reactions.",
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          {
            "id": "hazard",
            "name": "Hazard",
            "description": "Urticating hairs and spines.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "hazard-finding",
                "name": "Hazard",
                "description": "Whether it stings.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Does this species have urticating hairs or spines?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Are nests a public health issue?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "first-aid",
            "name": "First aid",
            "description": "After contact.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "first-aid-finding",
                "name": "First aid",
                "description": "What to do after contact.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "What should someone do after touching it?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "When is medical help needed?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id": "use-and-control",
        "name": "Use and control",
        "description": "Silk, food, pest control.",
        "rationale": "People farm some caterpillars and control others.",
        "layers": [
          {
            "id": "use",
            "name": "Use",
            "description": "Silk and food.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "use-finding",
                "name": "Use",
                "description": "Human uses.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is it farmed for silk or food?",
                    "kind": "definition"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which rules apply?",
                    "kind": "provenance"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          },
          {
            "id": "control",
            "name": "Control",
            "description": "Integrated pest management.",
            "findings": [
              {
                "id": "control-finding",
                "name": "Control",
                "description": "Control methods.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Which control methods are appropriate?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "How can non-target species be protected?",
                    "kind": "action"
                  }
                ]
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "openQuestions": [
    "Should caterpillars be linked to their adult species entries?",
    "How should pest status be recorded by region?",
    "How should agents advise on stinging species safely?"
  ],
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    "layers": 8,
    "findings": 8,
    "questions": 16
  }
}