. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. f-K Fig. 123.—silkworm on mulbeekt-leaf. a kind of gum. It is estimated that the length of the filament in an ordinary cocoon is nine hundred feet. The form of the cocoon is oval, and its colour either yellow or Fig. 124.—female sileworji moth and eggs. The bombyx remains in the chrysalis state in the interior of its cocoon about twenty days, and when it has finished its metamorphosis, disgorges upon its walls a peculiar liquid, which softens it, and enables the animal. Please note that these images are extracted from s
. The animal creation: a popular introduction to zoology. Zoology. f-K Fig. 123.—silkworm on mulbeekt-leaf. a kind of gum. It is estimated that the length of the filament in an ordinary cocoon is nine hundred feet. The form of the cocoon is oval, and its colour either yellow or Fig. 124.—female sileworji moth and eggs. The bombyx remains in the chrysalis state in the interior of its cocoon about twenty days, and when it has finished its metamorphosis, disgorges upon its walls a peculiar liquid, which softens it, and enables the animal. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Jones, Thomas Rymer, 1810-1880. London : Society for Promoting Knowledge
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