Legend tells us that the Chinese empress Leizu founded the cultivation of silk from caterpillars over 5,000 years ago, after a silkworm moth cocoon plummeted into her steaming teacup, unraveling ...
This adult luna moth has a very penetrating gaze. These moths are quite large, and their caterpillars produce silk shortly before the pupa stage of their development. Get a closer view of the image ...
traps snails in their silk threads, so they can take their time to devour their prey. Found in the Mediterranean region, the young caterpillars of the Heterogynis penella species eat their own mothers ...
Narrator: Lotus flowers, worms, and muga moths are the unlikely source of one of the most delicate and luxurious fibers in the world: silk. Known for its unique sheen and luster, silk has been ...
the Tufts University Silklab team discovered that the silk from silk moth cocoons can be turned into a shootable, sticky protein solution that works surprisingly like Spider-Man’s famous sticky webs.
The researchers changed course to study the impact of the spongy moth on the native polyphemus silk moth, which feeds in mid- to late summer, after the spongy moth. They found that the defoliation ...
The Madagascan moon moth (Argema mittrei) begins life as a caterpillar, hatching from one of 100 to 150 eggs, although many of its siblings will not make it to adulthood. The caterpillar, along with ...
The Bohart Museum of Entomology open house, set for Saturday, Nov. 2, from 1 to 4 p.m., will feature talks by UC Davis ...
Moths are crucial for the survival of many bat, bird and other mammal species as they are an important part of the food chain. If you can attract moths into your garden, you'll also start to ...
MOSCOW, December 14. /TASS/. Researchers from the Siberian Federal University, the Krasnoyarsk Research Center from the RAS Siberian Branch, and the Center of Forest Protection of the Krasnoyarsk ...
Spanish-born and Scotland-based pianist, singer and songwriter Maud The Moth has shared a video for her haunting new single ...