David Kaplan has been working with silk for decades, molding and shaping it into scaffolds, sponges, and films. His lab, the ...

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, Kowa ...

What am I looking at? This is the face of an adult female luna moth (Actias luna), also called the American moon moth.It belongs to the family Saturniidae, also known as giant silk moths. In the main ...

F inding a promethea moth can be tricky, but they’re not difficult to identify once you’ve located one. Males have mostly black wings with beige borders; females appear more colorful with ...

The Ahimsa Silk project was piloted in October last year in five districts - Keonjhar, Athagarh, Khurda, Nayagarh and Sundargarh. The department procured 30,000 Eri silk eggs from the Central ...

The process of harvesting these cocoons for silk is called sericulture, and has existed for thousands of years.Essentially, farmers create an artificial environment for the moths to lay their eggs on ...

THE silk thread extruded by the lava of the silk moth of commerce (Bombyx mori) consists of two parts: a central core of two filaments of the protein fibre ‘fibroin’, surrounded and cemented ...

A wildlife expert says the silk webs are a "defensive" measure and pose no danger to people. Skip to content. Watch Live ... The ermine moth eggs are laid on trees in late autumn.

Unusual cocoons. 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 ...