Smithsonian Magazine on MSN1mon
From Silk Moths to Fruit Flies, These Five Insects Have Changed the World
It has held our fascination and inspired our greed for so long that our domestication of silkworm moths has left them utterly ...
EurekAlert!3mon
Study uncovers how silkworm moth's odor detection may improve robotics
The silkworm moth (Bombyx mori) is an insect that no longer flies due to domestication. The males use their antennae to detect pheromones emitted by females and respond very acutely, and have been ...
Mobile World Live1mon
Moth helps scientists sniff out route to robot olfaction
Japanese researchers believe robots of the future could be equipped with a sense of smell, with studies of the flightless Bombyx Mori silkworm moth holding the key to potential applications in search ...
Nature21d
Amino-acids of Silk Sericin
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 ...
TheCollector on MSN1mon
Which Insects Have Humans Domesticated Throughout History?
The silk moth (Bombyx mori),is the domesticated descendent of the wild silk moth (Bombyx mandarina) which is native to East ...