HERE in Britain, we grumble when a daddy long legs flies in through the window. So spare a thought for the brave people of South and Central America who have to face down insects which look like ...

I talked about your question with my friend Allan Felsot. He’s an insect scientist at Washington State University. He told me cocoons are mostly silk. But they’re usually made by moths. A butterfly ...

Resin, similar to the kind shown here, is used by the newly discovered caterpillar to build its cocoon. Ned Therrien/Visuals Unlimited/Corbis One little insect in Borneo is taking home defense to a ...

Most people scream if they spot a tiny spider crawling up the wall. So spare a thought for the brave people of South and Central America who have to face down insects which look like facehugger aliens ...

Do you know the difference between a chrysalis and a cocoon? The short answer is that a chrysalis is made by a butterfly, a cocoon by a moth. Both contain a pupa, the stage between a caterpillar and a ...

Revealing the most interesting or memorable behaviour of any of the multitude of smaller animals without backbones – whether on land, in the air, or in water. With his face pressed against a wall, ...

Houses that don't need air conditioning could be designed by mimicking the structure of the cocoon that silkworms use to keep their pupae 1. The technology used by these insects can also help design ...

When an ant pupa signals its imminent death caused by an incurable infection, worker ants unpack it from its cocoon and disinfect it, leading to its demise.

Laura Berlage had just impressed the students by showing them North Star Homestead Farm’s furry Kunekune pigs—a heritage breed from New Zealand that were made famous by their appearance in “The Hobbit ...