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How is a cocoon formed?

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1. The fully grown caterpillars of silkworm stop feeding and secretes a sticky fluid through their silk gland.
2. The secreted fluid comes out through spinneret and lakes the form of long fine thread of silk which hardens on exposure to air and is wrapped around the body of caterpillar in the forms of a covering called as cocoon.
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