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  2. Lonomia obliqua - Wikipedia

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    Lonomia obliqua is a species of saturniid moth ("giant silk moth") from South America. [1] It is famous for its larval form, rather than the adult moth, primarily because of the caterpillar's defense mechanism, urticating bristles that inject a potentially deadly venom.

  3. Bombyx mori - Wikipedia

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    Silkworms are the larvae of silk moths. The silkworm is of particular economic value, being a primary producer of silk. The silkworm's preferred food are the leaves of white mulberry, though they may eat other species of mulberry, and even leaves of other plants like the Osage orange. Domestic silk moths are entirely dependent on humans for ...

  4. Bombyx - Wikipedia

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    Bombyx is the genus of true silk moths or mulberry silk moths of the family Bombycidae, also known as silkworms, which are the larvae or caterpillars of silk moths. The genus was erected as a subgenus [ 2 ] by Carl Linnaeus in his 10th edition of Systema Naturae (1758).

  5. Antheraea polyphemus - Wikipedia

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    Antheraea polyphemus, the Polyphemus moth, is a North American member of the family Saturniidae, the giant silk moths. It is a tan-colored moth , with an average wingspan of 15 cm (6 in). The most notable feature of the moth is its large, purplish eyespots on its two hindwings .

  6. Lonomia - Wikipedia

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    Lonomia sp.. The genus Lonomia is a moderate-sized group of fairly cryptic saturniid moths from South America, famous not for the adults, but for their highly venomous caterpillars, which are responsible for a few deaths each year, [1] especially in southern Brazil, and the subject of hundreds of published medical studies.

  7. Cubans put Asian silkworms to work for artisans in ... - AOL

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    Hundreds of the cream-colored caterpillars squiggle across a bed of dark green mulberry leaves - the worm's preferred food - freshly plucked from bushes just outside his laboratory. This is the ...

  8. List of animals that produce silk - Wikipedia

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    Silkworms produce silk when undergoing larval to adult metamorphosis. Raspy crickets produce silk to form nests. Honeybee and bumblebee larvae produce silk to strengthen the wax cells in which they pupate. [1] Bulldog ants spin cocoons to protect themselves during pupation. [1] Weaver ants use silk to connect leaves together to make communal ...

  9. Lonomia achelous - Wikipedia

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    Lonomia achelous, the Brazilian caterpillar or giant silkworm moth caterpillar, [1] is a venomous caterpillar endemic to South America. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. Description and behavior