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A cocoon dweller is a insect that makes cocoons and uses them for protection from predators while they're at there most fragile stage. It is specifically the defense tactics they use against invading predators. For example; a select few species may create toxic secretions as a chemical defense against predators.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoA protective covering on a caterpillar that it uses to fully develop into a full grown Moth.
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∙ 10y agoIn insects such as moths and butterflies, it is the metamorphosis stage from a larval caterpillar to the adult winged insect.
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∙ 6y agoThere can be many forms but inside the cocoon is a "chrysalis".
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What animal lives in a cocoon for part of its life?
A caterpilar lives in a cocoon to turn into a buterfly a moth
What is a life cycle of a Luna moth?
egg, catterpillar, cocoon, moth
How long does a cinnabar moth stay in its cocoon?
The Cinnabar Moth will stay in their cocoon for a period of nine months. They cocoon themselves in the early summer and do not emerge from the cocoon until the next spring.
Why is a cocoon that produces a live silk moth usless for making silk cloth?
If the moth hatches, it chews its way out of the cocoon, cutting all the silk fibers. for silk production, the caterpillar is killed before it hatches, so the silk strands can be unwound and remain whole.
What are the two names for the butterfly's cocoon called?
A butterfly`s is called a chrysalis a moth`s is a cocoon.
How long does it take a spotted apatelodes moth cocoon to open up?
The Spotted Apatelode Moth goes through complete metamorphosis. It takes a little more than two weeks for the moth to reach the cocoon stage.
What is the life cycle of a moth?
First it is a egg then it is a larva then it is a cocoon then it is a adult moth
What is a silk-moth home called?
You could call it a cocoon.
What is the name of the silk case covering a moth larva?
The cocoon.
Why does a caterpillar make a cocoon?
The caterpillar makes a cocoon to complete the metamorphosis and turn in to a moth, butterflies make a chrysalis.
How you get silk from butterfly?
Silkworms, which emerge from their cocoons as moths, spin cocoons that are the raw material for the fibre humans use as silk. Cocoons are harvested from domesticated silkworms by heating the cocoon to kill the animal, then the silk cocoon is unraveled. Once the moth has emerged -- in wild silkworms for example, the cocoon's silk can be harvested, but not in one continuous length. As a moth, there is no connection with the now-discarded cocoon.
If you cut open a moth cocoon will it die?
sory i don't know
