Caterpillar
The caterpillar in a dream marks low and hypocritical people in our near future, those who creep and consume. The dream tends to touch the small devouring thing that has not yet shown its truer form, and to ask who around us is feeding on what we have built, hidden in plain sight upon the leaf.
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These are the entries the historical dream-books record for caterpillar, in their own words. They are period voices, not predictions, and they do not always agree with one another.
Gustavus Hindman Miller, 1901
To see a caterpillar in a dream, denotes that low and hypocritical people are in your immediate future, and you will do well to keep clear of deceitful appearances. You may suffer a loss in love or business.
To dream of a caterpillar, foretells you will be placed in embarrassing situations, and there will be small honor or gain to be expected.
Fontaine, 1862
To dream you see caterpillars, denotes misfortune by secret enemies.