Lance_Armstrong said:
Broader use of species type is better than switching them to general. After all, there are over 283,000 general tags and only 11,899 species.

We also have ghost as a species.

tadpole is probably general type because nobody noticed it. It only has 73 posts. The implication to amphibian has also been brought up before with no action.

I'm prepared to write a strongly worded letter to the admin who changed caterpillar to general.

Honestly all some good points, thanks lance

I will say that I do still think caterpillar should imply larva, regardless of its status as a species or not. (Also that tadpole > amphibian implication wouldn't hurt either)