Fig. 38. —Chrysalis;Natural Size. Fig. 37. —Cocoons; Natural Size. worm is enclosed in a mass of gossamer web which in somecases measures 300 yards and in others 500 yards. This iscalled a cocoon (Fig. 37). 50 FLORENCE HOME NEEDLE-WORK. … Fig. 39. —Picking up Ends of Cocoons.Detail of Fig. 42. Thus self-imprisoned the insect, if undisturbed, remainsabout fifteen or twenty days, undergoing natures wonderfulchanges, during which it assumes the chrysalis form (Fig. 38), then that of themoth. Having en-tered upon this newlife, which at…
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