EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -Cocoon is formed in the pupal stage of metamorphosis. This stage occurs after the caterpillar stage. When the caterpillar is fully grown it stops eating and becomes a pupa.

Detailed explanation-2: -A cocoon is simply the protective covering around a pupa or chrysalis. It is a protective silk covering spun by the larvae of an insect for protection as pupae. This isn’t to be confused with a shell, which is the protection some butterflies have instead of a cocoon.

Detailed explanation-3: -pupa, plural pupae or pupas, life stage in the development of insects exhibiting complete metamorphosis that occurs between the larval and adult stages (imago). During pupation, larval structures break down, and adult structures such as wings appear for the first time.

Detailed explanation-4: -A cocoon is the silk casing that a moth caterpillar spins around it before it turns into a pupa.

Detailed explanation-5: -A pupa (Latin: pupa, “doll"; plural: pupae) is the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation between immature and mature stages.