These are the silk-spinning organs. Different species have different numbers of spinnerets, but most have a cluster. At the end of each spinneret is a collection of spigots, nozzle-like structures. A ...

Spider silk is tougher than Kevlar ... Spiders are actually notoriously bad at spinning their own threads. They'll make strands that are inconsistent in diameter, making them fine for this ...

The artificial silk threads, while still soft and gummy are ... into a perfect solution when weak caustic liquor is added. For spinning the viscose solution somewhat different apparatus has ...

When spiders spin their webs, they use their hind legs to pull silk threads from their spinnerets. This pulling action ...

Then, in the final three days of their larval stage, the worms would start to spin their cocoons out of ... it from the water-warmed cocoon. The silk thread was then cleaned, twisted (to prevent ...

When spiders spin their webs, they use their hind legs to pull silk threads from their spinnerets. This pulling action doesn’t just help the spider release the silk, it’s also a crucial step in ...

Jumping spiders don’t build webs, but like their arachnid kin, they can produce silk. Some species are known to spin fine threads as they leap, presumably to stabilize takeoff and ensure a more ...

Here, they can spin their cocoons ... and stretchier than the bright yellow silk that worms produce. Unlike worm silk, each thread of lotus silk starts with the stem of the lotus flower, and ...

From these eggs will hatch tiny silkworms, caterpillars of the domesticated silk moth Bombyx mori, which will then set to chomping down on mulberry leaves and preparing themselves for the demanding ...

After 45 days of incubation, they are ready to spin a cocoon around them made of Silk threads. The cocoons are then boiled and spun into Silk threads. Phew!! Long and expensive procedure.