Cocoons may be tough or soft, opaque or translucent, solid or meshlike, of various colors, or composed of multiple layers, depending on the type of insect larva producing it. Many moth caterpillars shed the larval hairs (setae) and incorporate them into the cocoon; if these are urticating hairs then the cocoon is also irritating to the touch. Some larvae attach small twigs, fecal pellets or pieces of vegetation to the outside of their cocoon in an attempt to disguise it from predators. Others spin their cocoon in a concealed location—on the underside of a leaf, in a crevice, down near the base of a tree trunk, suspended from a twig or concealed in the leaf litter...

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IN THE AGE OF X, TIKTOK AND CINEMA, ONE YOUNG KID WOULD BE AT A LOSS TO FIND A DEFINITION OF COCOON... THE SEARCH ENGINES GET TOPPED BY GAMES AND MOVIES, WHILE THE KNOWLEDGE OF NATURAL COCOON IS BURIED... SO HERE IS A PICTURE OF A REAL COCOON IN A GARDEN WHERE PESTICIDES AND INSECTICIDES ARE BANNED.

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