Trypoxylon pupae:
her adolescents

Trypoxylon politum

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  The larva has just spun a cocoon. The outer part is fibrous, the inner part like a soft skin.    One end of the cocoon removed to show the larva.

 

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   The cocoon is made up of many fibers.

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   The inner part which has been pulled out of the fibrous part has hardened like a shell in this older pupa.

 

Trypoxylon larvae: her babies
Trypoxylon prey:   found in nest
Turn about: Trypoxylon as prey

Trypoxylon gathering mud

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