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A cocoon is a protective casing that protects and shelters the silkworm while its transitioning from predators and other threats. Within the cocoon the silkworm transitions into a pupa, the pups is the stage between the larvae and adult moth. After two weeks the pupa finishes it's transition into a moth.
I suppose it's a zygote. In haplontic life cycle haploid gametes fuse together creating the zygote (diploid) that promptly divides meiotically creating 4 haplontic cells serving as spores.
Answer: D. Extinctions occur at higher rates during times of ecological stress when populations and species are poorly adapted.
