Cecropia Moth Project, Day 55

Cecropia caterpillar cocoon

All four caterpillars have pupated and they are now silking away inside the cocoons (we can hear them working). The cocoons are very hard and the caterpillars will continue to add more layers of silk over the next six weeks. After this six weeks of work we will place the cocoons in the refrigerator to simulate winter for five months.

Cecropia caterpillars cocoons tied to a string