Seasonal adaptation include
spinning a cocoon, lying dormant or laying eggs for the winter period.
There is a complex metamorphosis, with three larval stages, followed by a pupal stage enclosed in
silken cocoon.
Cocoon coffin
are not cremated, as the body will be cremated inside the original cardboard coffin.
Cocooning forward
facing pushchair plus ' autobaby ' car seat.
The caterpillar will then spin itself a
silk cocoon
high up on the grass stem.
Cocooning forward facing
pushchair plus ' autobaby ' car seat.
Cocoon of silk
about him leaving him barely able to breath.
Cocooned from the outside world.
Cocooned middle-class world.
Mulberry leaves are the staple diet of the silk moth larvae which produces raw silk thread when
forming a cocoon.
Not the latest dance fad, but the process by which they spin a
protective cocoon
around themselves and develop into adults.
It
gently cocoons
a tiny 2.5kg ( 5lbs ) newborn yet is strong enough to carry chunky toddlers!
They can reproduce when 3 - 6 weeks old,
making a cocoon
in the soil from which live worms emerge.
In the dark, snug in my own
little cocoon, i can get lost for hours telling stories in my head.
The female is wingless and never
leaves the cocoon
where it lays all its eggs and dies.
In the dark, snug in my
own little cocoon, i can get lost for hours telling stories in my head.
Cocoons created
by the ever-present insect inhabitants.
A crib makes a
cozy cocoon
and is conveniently sized to sit beside your bed for easy night time feeds.
It's very cozy on board when the fire's going, a sort of
safe cocoon!
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