This might be a record for me: 16 mason bee cocoons in a single nesting tube. The ones on the left are larger and likely all females. The smaller ones on the right are males, who emerge first and then wait for females to come out. It's really cool how hymenopterans can control the sex of eggs they lay (males are from unfertilized eggs). Osmia georgica. #InsectHotel #BeeHotel #bees #cocoons #insects #pollinators #hymenoptera #osmia #haplodiploidy

Getting really into #cocoons lately. #insects #bugphoto #bugstodon

Moths doing the nasty
#moth #silkworms #bombix #cocoon #cocoons #bombixmori

No more silkworms, only cocoons now.
There was one that didn't make it and 4 cocoons that look odd, we shall see if they make it and hatch. Otherwise I'm not worried. I have plenty of good ones.
#silkworm #insects #caterpillar #silkworms #bombix #cocoon #cocoons #silkcocoon

#Pollinators #SoftLandings #Cocoons
#LeaveTheLeaves

On the 5th Day of Christmas by true bug sent to me...
'5 GOLD COCOONS'
#12BugsForChristmas The new buggy #ChristmasCarol
https://amazon.co.uk/Bugs-Christmas-WAYNE-SIMON-PAGE/dp/1699816670 #insects #Cocoons