Sentences with 'chrysalises'
Example sentences and phrases with the word chrysalises and other words derived from it.
• « Spiders also eat frogs, chrysalises and even small mice. The latter, however, are exclusive delicacies of adult spiders. »
• « The silkworms, after having changed their skin four times, begin the most important period of their life: they transform into chrysalises. »
• « In ovens at more than 90 degrees, the cocoons of worms are placed with the chrysalises still alive so that they die and thus prevent the butterflies from breaking the silk. The hot water dissolves the gum that holds the long, thin thread together and finally it is enough to wind it into a skein. »