It's all about "the birds and the bees." And now, "the silkworm moths and the fruit flies." A chemical ecologist and a genetics researcher at the University of California, Davis, have joined forces to ...

U.S. researchers at the University of California-Davis say they have successfully tricked fruit flies into believing silkworm moths are potential mates. It's all about "the birds and the bees." And ...

The Silk-Making Moth's Survival Skills? Practically Zero. A heated debate is underway about the true identity of the silkworm. Arguments are flaring up everywhere about whether it's a moth or a ...

It's all about "the birds and the bees." And now, "the silkworm moths and the fruit flies." A chemical ecologist and a genetics researcher at the University of California, Davis, have joined forces to ...

Particle guidance by the flapping of flightless silkworm moths was quantified by computational fluid dynamic analyses. (a) The flapping silkworm moths were filmed by two high-speed cameras (1,000 fps) ...

Researchers from Japan explore how the domesticated flightless silkworm moth (Bombyx mori), a prominent insect model in olfactory research, uses wing flapping to manipulate airflow, enhancing their ...

Shinshu University Associate Professor Daigo Terutsuki, right, and another researcher show the odour-detecting drone on Feb. 19 at Shinshu University in Japan. - The Yomiuri Shimbun via The Japan News ...

A strikingly green caterpillar about as long as my little finger was attached to a sprig of oak leaves in our yard. Knowing the caterpillar with spikes on its back was the larvae of an Io silkworm ...

Chiba University graduate school student Chihiro Fukui, left, holds a silkworm moth, while Shinshu University associate professor Daigo Terutsuki shows a scent-tracking drone, at the latter school's ...

Male silkworm moth, right, courts the female. It's all about "the birds and the bees." And now, "the silkworm moths and the fruit flies." A chemical ecologist and a genetics researcher at the ...