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[–] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Tbf, Eric Carle gaslit generations of kids, telling them that butterfly catepillars spin a cocoon.

It's called a chrysalis!

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    I've heard both words and thought they meant the same thing, what's the difference?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    Cocoons are soft and spun from silk by the moth larvae, whereas a chrysalis is hard but smooth and is molted from the caterpillar like a shell.

    Ultimately they serve the same function as a protective structure during their metamorphosis, when they are at their most vulnerable to predators and weather.

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