Cocoon Collection

Illustration of life cycle of Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio machaon) from pupa and caterpillar, to adult butterfly

Lobster moth (Stauropus fagi)
Illustration of a Lobster moth (Stauropus fagi), also known as lobster prominen

Metamorphosis, 19 century science illustration
Metamorphosis of insects. A photo of an original hand-colored engraving from Johann Christiaan Seppas Beschouwing der wonderen Gods, in de minst geachte schepzelena published in 1762

Illustration of butterfly below cocoon attached to stem and in flight

Illustration of butterfly emerging from cocoon attached to budding stem

European garden spider or cross spider -Araneus diadematus-, female on her web on a house wall, Untergroeningen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Silk production, wood engraving, published in 1877
Silk production. Five thousand year old Chinese craft tradition. Wood engraving, published in 1877

African Driver Ant, Dorylus nigricans, carrying a beetle pupa, side view

Four stages of ife cycle of butterfly, from egg to adult

Illustration of Silkworm (Bombyx mori) pupa hatching from raw silk cocoon

Digital illustration of beetle metamorphosis from egg, early stage and late stage larva, pupa, to adult

Pine moth (Gastropacha pini)
Illustration of a Pine moth (Gastropacha pini)

Moth (Trachea piniperda)
Illustration of a Moth (Trachea piniperda)

Pine moth in caterpillar state (Gastropacha pini)
Illustration of a Pine moth in caterpillar state (Gastropacha pini)

Moth (Cnethocampa processionea)
Illustration of a moth (Cnethocampa processionea)

Stages of butterfly
Illustration of a stages of butterfly

Caterpillar of a cabbage moth (Mamestra brassicae)
A caterpillar of a cabbage moth, Mamestra brassicae on a cabbage vegetable

Forest destroyer insects lithograph 1897
Insects That Destroy Vegetation : Bugs, Larvae, Pupae, Gypsy Moth, Original Antique Chromolithograph

Forest destroyer insects lithograph 1897
Insects That Destroy Vegetation : Bugs, Larvae, Pupae, Gypsy Moth, Original Antique Chromolithograph

Tiger moths butterflies engraving 1853
Book of the World 1853

Looper moths butterflies engraving 1853
Book of the World 1853

The Figure of Eight (Diloba caeruleocephala)

Gypsy Moth (Liparis Dispar)
Antique illustration of Gypsy Moth, caterpillar and eggs (Liparis Dispar)

The lackey moth (Malacosoma neustria)

Insects
Antique illustration of Insects

Red Admiral or Vanessa atalanta, showing development

Harmful forest insects
Illustration of a harmful forest insects

Eggs, young caterpillars and larva

Cell of the queen

Illustration of a spider wrapping its prey in a silken cocoon

Illustration of Rajah Brookes Birdwing (Troides Brookiana) pupa on stem

Illustration of Citrus Swallowtail (Papilio demodocus) butterfly cocoon on stem

Nursery-web Spider -Pisaura mirabilis- with an egg sac, Schmellwitz, Cottbus, Brandenburg, Germany

Cocoon, detailed view, Mainau island, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Caterpillars of the Ermine Moth -Yponomeuta sp. -, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Caterpillars of the Ermine Moth -Yponomeuta sp.-, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Tree infested with Ermine Moths -Yponomeuta sp. -, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Tree infested with Ermine Moths -Yponomeuta sp.-, Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Paper Kite or the Rice Paper butterfly -Idea leuconoe-, chrysalis

Wasp Spider or Orb-weaving Spider -Argiope bruennichi-, spinning a cocoon, Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany

Cocoon Collecting
January 1907: Two men balanced on a ladder collecting cocoons from a tree to prevent them hatching and causing a plague of caterpillars in Hyde Park. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Silk production
Silk cocoons, Samarkand, Unesco World Heritage Site, Silk Road, Uzbekistan, Central Asia

Antique illustration of a butterfly with spots on wings

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