Mendy Hirth asked:
If I eat caterpillar its maybe 5 Lavin and a butterfly eaten might be 6 Lavin. W HAT IS A COCOON 5&HALF? Maybe its none it might not be a Beri'ah?
Mendy Hirth,
The Kollel replies:
I would say that it would be treated exactly like a caterpillar, based on the Rambam in Hilchos Ma'achalos Asuros 2:21. He says there that a whole bug that is decomposing and its form has changed is still considered a Biryah. Therefore the worm inside the cocoon, even though it is metamorphosing would still be considered a Biryah because it is indeed a whole creature.
b'Chavod,
Yonasan Sigler
This is not a Psak Halachah