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Silk moth and silkworm, Bombyx mori, on mulberry leaves, Morus alba. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and etched by Jacob l Admiral in Naauwkeurige Waarneemingen omtrent de veranderingen van
Drying Silk Cocoons in IndiaA silk factory in India, showing the latest and most approved method. Cocoons exposed in the sun in large flats trays to dry the silk and also kill the grub inside each cocoon. Date: late 1890s
Kentish glory, Endromis versicolora. Phalaena versicolora. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Johann Georg Klinger from Eugenius Johann Christoph Espers Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der
Flies, wasps and dauberMydas fly, Mydas clavatus 1, horsefly, Tabanus americanus 2, 3, digger wasp, Sphex jamaicensis 4, scoliid wasp, Scolia fossulana 5, and black and yellow mud dauber, Sceliphron caementarium imago 6
Chinese woman reeling silk thread from wild silkworms, Bombyx mori, Qing Dynasty. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin
Metamorphosis of a silkworm, from young caterpillar, shedding skin, spinning silk cocoon, chrysalis stage, and emergence as moth
Chinese silk - dyeing and weavingChinese silk loom, is shown; the figure seated above among the machinery, appears to assist the labour by means of weight. Date: 1833
Chinese silk - winding from the cocoonsWinding off the silk into singles, but the woman appears for the moment to have left her post for the purpose of blowing the fire. Date: 1833
Chinese silk - cleaning the cocoonsThe cocoons being completed by the insect, are being cleared of dirt and dead leaves, before they are removed from the frames. Date: 1833
Cocoonery - Silk Manufacture - Syria. Date: circa 1905s
Lullingstone Silk Farm, Ayot, House, Ayot St. Lawrence, HertA Silkworm Moth " surveys the World" resting upon its cocoon (magnified) at the Lullingstone Silk Farm, Ayot, House, Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire. Date: 1930s
Black-veined White Butterfly - masses of pupae on birch-tree bark (Aporia crataegi). South Tuva, Russia
Newly emerged Black-veined White butterfly (Aporia crataegi). South Tuva, Russia
Japan - Silk Industry - Silkworms begin to construct cocoons Date: circa 1909
Japan - Silk Industry - Reeling the cocoons by foot reel Date: circa 1909
Japanese Silk Industry - Storing the Cocoons Date: circa 1910
Japanese Silk Industry - Reeling the Cocoons by Hand-reel Date: circa 1910
Acherontia atropos, deaths head hawkmothIllustration from Familiar British Insects (1887) by Theo Johnson
Thysania agrippina, white witchCaterpillar, cocoon and adults of a white witch moth (Thysania agrippina). Plate 20 from Metamorphosis Insectorum (1705) by Maria Sybilla Merian (1647-1717)
Lasiocampa quercus, oak eggar mothPlate 49 from Larvae and Pupae of British Lepidoptera (1878) by Theo Johnson
Organising nature section in CocoonThe Organising nature section in Cocoon in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London
Using a NaturePlus cardA visitor using a NaturePlus card in Cocoon in the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, London
The Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, LondonPhotograph of the interior of the Darwin Centre, a state-of-the-art scientific research and collections facility at the Natural History Museum, London which opened in Septmber 2009
Stages of the SilkwormVarious stages of the lifecycle of the silkworm from the grub to the silk cocoon. Date: Circa 1760
The silkworm moth of IndiaVarious stages of the lifecycle of the silkworm from the grub to the caterpillar than finally to the moth. Date: 1895