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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Unlike any other fabric, muga silk has a naturally lustrous gold sheen. It comes from the cocoons of muga moths that feed on som trees. A saree made with muga silk ...