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cocoon from silk. When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits, the adult insect climbs out and slowly expands its wings to dry and harden, before flying off.

Moths are commonly thought to eat clothes and fabrics, however it is only their larvae, caterpillars, which may consume natural fibres.

Moths are very widely distributed across diverse terrestrial habitats and are found on all continents except Antarctica.

Etymology

The modern English

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