We provide a comprehensive re-examination of the early medieval cocoons unearthed during archaeological excavations in the ...

A wildlife expert says the silk webs are a "defensive" measure and pose no danger to people. ... The ermine moth eggs are laid on trees in late autumn, which hatch over winter, ...

The story of silk begins in China, where it was supposedly woven into the fabric of society around 2700 B.C.E. According to ancient Chinese lore, the wife of the Yellow Emperor was sipping hot tea ...

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A silk moth antenna can function for about five hours after being removed from an insect, he said. The first drone that Terutsuki devised could search within a range of about 2 meters (about 6 1/2 ...

If butterflies are the beauty queens of the insect world, moths are their drab and pesky cousins—or so you may have thought. It’s true that most moths are nocturnal, so you’re more likely to ...

Moths may be the perfect insect to study, no matter where you live. Hundreds of species reside in a typical neighborhood. With most species yet to be identified, several are probably new to science.

From Silk Moths to Fruit Flies, These Five Insects Have Changed the World It’s easy to write bugs off as pests, but consider the ways in which they have positively impacted our lives.

Recreating Spider-Man’s super silk. To make these superhero-like silk threads, the researchers boiled and washed silk moth cocoons in various solutions until all of its silk fibroin had been isolated ...

Silk moths, such as the luna moth, enormous and apple green, don’t have functional mouth parts; their one-to-two-week adult lives are powered by whatever fat they’ve stored as caterpillars.