| 2H6 IV.iv.37 | [First Messenger to King, of the rebels] All scholars, lawyers, courtiers, gentlemen, / They call false caterpillars |
| R2 II.iii.165 | [Bolingbroke to York, of the king's supporters] The caterpillars of the commonwealth |
| R2 III.iv.47.1 | [First Man to Gardener, of England compared to a garden] her wholesome herbs / Swarming with caterpillars |