Get Silk Moth Cocoon Images. This adds camouflage and another layer of safety. The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of a silk moth.

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Cutting it open, however, i soon discovered otherwise.… Very excited by this find, i housed the caterpillar in a roomy hamster cage. Supplier of silk moths cocoons, eggs & larvae.

The egg is laid by a female moth which is mostly the size of small dots.

Both the polyphemus moth and luna moth wrap the cocoon in a leaf, and often the leaf falls to the ground, but occasionally the cocoon remains attached. The silk is mainly obtained from the cocoons of the mulberry silkworm (bombyx mori). At this price tag i was expecting something durable and long lasting. Very excited by this find, i housed the caterpillar in a roomy hamster cage.