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What can bionics researchers learn from butterflies and moths?
Bionics researchers studying silkworm moths and butterflies.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

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A silkworm spinning a cocoon.
Kim Taylor/Nature Picture Library
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Silkworm moths (Bombyx mori) mating on cocoons.
Stephen Dalton—NHPA/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Silkworm larvae (genus Bombyx) feeding on mulberry leaves.
UPI/Bettmann Archive
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Commercial silk is made from the fibrous cocoons of silkworm caterpillars (Bombyx...
© Vibe Images/Fotolia
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Domesticated silkworms (Bombyx species) on mulberry leaves.
© Roman Sigaev/Fotolia
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