Pharmaceutical giant Kowa Co. said it has created an exceptionally durable and environmentally friendly new textile from the gossamer silk of bagworm moth larvae. In its Nov. 20 announcement ...
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 ...
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 ...
This welcome addition to Iowa’s popular series of laminated guides illustrates fifty-one species of moths commonly found in the Upper Midwest states of Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, ...
From these eggs will hatch tiny silkworms, caterpillars of the domesticated silk moth Bombyx mori, which will then set to chomping down on mulberry leaves and preparing themselves for the demanding ...
Environmentally friendly and highly durable bagworm silk is set to be used in a commercial application for the first time, according to a Nagoya-based firm. Bagworm moth larvae expel the versatile ...
Shunsuke SHIGAKI, an assistant professor at Osaka University, seeks to address the problem by analyzing the scent-detection abilities of silk moths. To understand how airflow or sight affect their ...