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- JasonDJ@lemmy.zipEnglish1 month
Tbf, Eric Carle gaslit generations of kids, telling them that butterfly catepillars spin a cocoon.
It’s called a chrysalis!
- TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish30 days
I’ve heard both words and thought they meant the same thing, what’s the difference?
- 30 days
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.
