Cocoon Collection (#6)

Chrysalis skin of a Blue morpho butterfly (Morpho peleides) opening, close-up

Small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) emerging from cocoon

Blue morpho butterfly (Morpho peleides) emerging from cocoon, close-up

Bombyx mori (Silkworm), a silk worm spinning its cocoon

Pupa of butterfly enclosed in cocoon

Chinese oak silk moth (Antheraea perny), cocoon

Reattaching a chrysalis to a new support using cotton wool, close-up

Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa) butterfly beginning to emerge from its cocoon

Model Empid flies (Empididae) mating, hanging from branch and holding onto prey wrapped in silk cocoon

Small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) emerging from cocoon

Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa) fully developed butterfly hanging from a branch and a pupa next to it

Bombyx mori (Silkworm), fully realised cocoon of a silk worm

European swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) emerging from cocoon

A silk worm spinning its cocoon

Two pupae of the Silver-striped Hawk-moth (Hippotion celerio) in silk webs

Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa) butterfly in its cocoon

Silkworm inside cocoon

Bombyx mori (Silkworm), a silk worm beginning to spin its cocoon

Chrysalis hanging from a branch, surrounded by leaves

Side view of butterfly holding chrysalis

Different butterfly and moth pupae, including giant swallowtail, malay lacewing, longwing, great eggfly, great mormon, freak butterfly, queen butterfly, forest leopard, common sailer

A butterfly beginning to hatch from its cocoon

Southern hawker dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea) emerging from nymph skin

Bombyx mori, Silkmoth, Silkworms eating green leaves

Southern white admiral (Limenitis reducta), butterfly hanging from cocoon

Butterfly emerging from cocoon hanging from twig

Female garden spider with cocoon

Parasitised garden tiger caterpillar (Arctia caja). The caterpillar is covered in the cocoons of parasitic braconid wasp larvae

Painted lady butterfly cocoon F007 / 6593
Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) cocoon

Silkworm silk fibres (SEM) C014 / 2150
Silkworm silk fibres, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of the silkmoth which has been domesticated from the wild silkmoth Bombyx mandarina

Silkmoth larva spinning a cocoon
A larva ( caterpillar ) of the Saturnid moth, Samia cynthia, commencing to spin the cocoon within which it will pupate. The larva has gathered together leaves of Chinese privet ( Ligustrum lucidum )

Silkmoth C014 / 4634
Silkmoth (Bombyx mori)

Silkworm Cocoon Silk Fibres (SEM)
Silkworm cocoon silk fibres. Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of silk fibres. The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of the silkmoth which has been domesticated from the wild silkmoth Bombyx

Hawk moth cocoon C016 / 2201
Hawk moth cocoon. Cocoon containing a lime hawk moth (Mimas tiliae) pupa. This moth is found in throughout the Palaearctic region and the Near East

Silkworm silk fibres (SEM) C014 / 2149
Silkworm silk fibres, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of the silkmoth which has been domesticated from the wild silkmoth Bombyx mandarina

Silkmoth with a cocoon. Adult silkmoth (Bombyx mori) on a cocoon. The cocoon was spun by the silkmoth caterpillar to protect it as it pupated into the silkmoth

Silkmoths mating on a cocoon C014 / 4632
Silkmoths (Bombyx mori) mating on a cocoon

Comet Moth Cocoon Detail
Comet moth cocoon detail. Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a comet moth cocoon showing one of the numerous holes (or fenestration) which are produced when the cocoon is spun by the larva

Silkmoth cocoon C014 / 4630
Silkmoth cocoon. Cocoon of a silkmoth (Bombyx mori), which has been split open to reveal the pupa inside

Silkmoth with a cocoon C014 / 4629
Silkmoth with a cocoon. Adult silkmoth (Bombyx mori) on a cocoon

Cocoons of Chinese slikmoth
Two cocoons in process of being spun by larvae (caterpillars) of the Saturnid moth, Samia cynthia. The cocoons are anchored to twigs of golden privet, Ligustrum vulgare

Cocoons of the silkmoth, Samia cynthia
Cocoons of the Saturnid moth, Samia cynthia. S. cynthia is one source of wild silk". Silk is spun by the larva ( caterpillar ) of the moth prior to pupation

Cocoons of Chinese silkmoth
Two cocoons in process of being spun by larvae (caterpillars) of the Saturnid silkmoth, Samia cynthia. The cocoons are anchored to twigs of common privet, Ligustrum vulgare

Silkmoth emerging from its cocoon C014 / 4597
Silkmoth emerging from its cocoon. Adult silkmoth (Bombyx mori) climbing out of its cocoon after pupating

Redbase Jezebel butterfly cocoons C014 / 4588
Redbase Jezebel butterfly cocoons. Redbase Jezebel (Delias pasithoe) butterfly larvae pupating inside their cocoons

Redbase Jezebel butterfly cocoons C014 / 4587
Redbase Jezebel butterfly cocoons. Redbase Jezebel (Delias pasithoe) butterfly larvae pupating inside their cocoons

Redbase Jezebel butterfly cocoon C014 / 4586
Redbase Jezebel butterfly cocoon. Larva of a redbase Jezebel (Delias pasithoe) butterfly pupating inside its cocoon

Redbase Jezebel butterfly cocoon C014 / 4585
Redbase Jezebel butterfly cocoon. Larva of a redbase Jezebel (Delias pasithoe) butterfly pupating inside its cocoon

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