I said, ‘Why don’t we start another interesting challenge: making the Spidey adhesive,’ and here we are.” Lo Presti is both a ...

The silk adhesive was created from moth cocoons which are boiled in solution and broken down into proteins called fibroin. The silk fibroin solution can be extruded through needles to form a ...

Comics and science have officially collided in the real world, as Marco Lo Presti has inadvertently brought Spider-Man’s ...

caterpillars of the domesticated silk moth Bombyx mori, which will then set to chomping down on mulberry leaves and preparing themselves for the demanding task of spinning silk cocoons to pupate in ...

The caterpillar, along with most others in the Saturniidae family, spins a silk cocoon. This is where it then spends its time as a pupa, the stage of development before the moth becomes an adult. The ...

Ann Arbor community members gathered Wednesday evening at the Ann Arbor Downtown District Library to hear Barrett Klein ...

Bagworm moth larvae expel the versatile thread from their ... to boost manufacturing and develop products that take advantage of the silk's properties. Unlike sericulture in which cocoons are boiled ...

Atlas moth caterpillars also produce silk similar to the product created by domesticated silkworms. It is secreted as strong, brown, broken strands called fagara, and is used to build a cocoon when ...

In a silk thread factory near Chengdu in China, I was able to see the source of silk: the cocoons of the Silk Moth I don't think I'll ever forget the smell! This gallery is from ...

These moths are quite large, and their caterpillars produce silk shortly before the pupa stage of their development ... two to three weeks within a cocoon as a pupa (also known as a chrysalis); and ...