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Although they are called silk moths, these moths don't spin the cocoons from which silk fabric is made.

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It's only known from soybeans and silk moths and meat.

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Some insects, silk moths for instance, produce it too.

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By comparison, silk moths have 52, fruit flies have 61, mosquitoes range from 74 to 158 and the honeybee has 174.

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This beautiful silk moth is commonly found in woodlands throughout the northeastern region.

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Male silk moths use this organ to recognize pheromone molecules excreted by females as they land on its broad antennae.

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The cocoon shells of wild silk moths are toughened or stabilized either by tanning (cross-linking) or by mineral reinforcements (e.g. calcium oxalate).

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Like all silk moths it has no mouthparts and has a very short life as an adult.

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It contains the silk moths, emperor moths, sphinx moths and relatives.

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Microscopic images reveal the skin of a sea cucumber, the tracheal system that silk moth caterpillars used to breath and the toothed tongue of a common limpet.

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