Silkworm farming was a brutal job ... (If allowed to emerge from a cocoon, an adult moth would ruin the silk, so just enough adult moths were allowed to fully mature to maintain the reproduction ...

Craftspeople feed the silkworms every four hours so they spin brilliantly yellow cocoons. And turning those cocoons into silk is even more delicate work. In the 2010s, as cheaper, fake silk ...

In India’s Meghalaya, silkworm rearing and weaving are common in rural areas, now several women are using solar-powered ...

"The Turning of the Worm" (Urban-Kineto Corporation) is an educational short film chronicling the fascinating transformation of silkworms into moths ... glimpse into the silkworm's journey.

Male silkworm moths are known to search for female moths by using their antennae to detect pheromones that the females emit. Shinshu University Associate Prof. Daigo Terutsuki, 36, a researcher at ...