Trees shrouded in ghostly cocoons line pools of stagnant water in Pakistan. Millions of spiders were driven into the trees by massive flooding in the area.
Trees shrouded in ghostly cocoons line pools of stagnant water in Pakistan. Millions of spiders were driven into the trees by massive flooding in the area.
Trees shrouded in ghostly cocoons line pools of stagnant water in Pakistan. Millions of spiders were driven into the trees by massive flooding in the area.
I prop myself up on one elbow. There's enough light in the bedroom to see them. My little sister, Prim, curled up on her side, cocooned in my mother's body, their cheeks pressed together.
I prop myself up on one elbow. There's enough light in the bedroom to see them. My little sister, Prim, curled up on her side, cocooned in my mother's body, their cheeks pressed together.
In its fifth instar the silkworm creates a cocoon made of thousands of feet of lustrous silk. The cocoon is then boiled to prevent the moth from breaking out and ruining the precious filament.