silken web

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silken
adjective[usually before noun]
uk
/ˈsɪl.kən/us
/ˈsɪl.kən/
literary
soft, smooth, and shiny ...
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web
noun[C]
uk
/web/us
/web/
a net used to catch insects, made by a spider from the sticky thread that its ...
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(Definition ofsilkenandwebfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The full-grown larva is at first fond of concealment and feeds enclosed in asilkenweb.
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They live in asilkenwebconstructed under a leaf.
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The pupa is formed within a transparentsilkenweb, occupying half the mine.
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They live under the leaves of their host plant in thinsilkenweb.
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Pupation takes place beneath a slightsilkenweb.
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The caterpillar larvae feed in large groups from the safety of asilkenwebthey produce together; young larvae are leaf miners.
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Full-grown larvae leave the mine and make a spindle-shaped white cocoon covered by a flattened thinsilkenwebat the leaf margin.
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The caterpillars spin asilkenweband anchor leaves together to make a shelter in which they congregate.
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The brownish larvae, protected by asilkenwebor tunnel, bore in the dead twigs of many plants.
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They feed on the parenchyma on the upperside of a leaf, beneath asilkenweb.
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The pupa is formed inside of a thinsilkenwebwhich occupies an entire half of the mine.
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Later, they feed externally from asilkenwebcontaining trapped grains of sand.
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They live in asilkenweb, spun between the leaves of the host plant.
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It is a solitary leafroller, found under asilkenwebon the upper surface of a leaf of the host plant.
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They live within asilkenwebat the base of the stem, just above the ground.
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Later instars feed on the flowerheads, beneath asilkenweb.
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They live communally in asilkenwebon their food plant.
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The pupa is enclosed in a semi-transparent flat ovalsilkenweb, within the mine.
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They live in a slightsilkenweb.
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Young larvae feed on the underside of the leaf in an angle of the veins, living beneath asilkenweband eating the surface of the leaf.
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