What's the Difference Between Caterpillar and Spider Silk?
Thanks to Jon from @StatedClearly for the intriguing question. I knew nothing about silk so this was a fun deep dive.
Table of Contents
0:00 Intro
0:26 What is Silk?
1:50 Who Makes Silk?
6:06 Functionality of Silk
9:23 Silk Glands
11:14 Silk Types
13:51 Similarities
16:30 Differences
25:55 Commercial Viability
28:45 Summary
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The BugLady. 2016. The Wonders of Webs II - Insect Silk. University of Wisconsin: College of Letters & Science. Accessed 20 April, 2024
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Golden Silk:
Bryony Jones. 2012. Arachnophobe creates cape woven from spider silk. CNN. Accesed 20, April 2024.
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David Levene. 2012. Golden cape made with silk from a million spiders - in pictures. The Guardian. Accessed 20 April, 2024
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Leggett H. 2009. 1 million spiders make golden silk for rare cloth.WIRED Science. Accessed 20 April, 2024
https://www.wired.com/2009/09/spider-...
Research Articles
Al Azawi ZN. 2020. Study on Chemical Composition and Designing Web Patterns of Iraqi Spider Silk. Biochemical and Cellular Archives 20(1): 1397-1400
Babu KM. 2020. Silk Fibres - structure, properties, and applications. Chapter 11. Handbook of Natural Fibers
Blackledge TA, Kuntner M, Marhabale M, Leeper TC. 2012. Biomaterial evolution parallels behavioral innovation in the origin of orb-like spider webs. Scientific Reports 2(833)
Collin MA, Mita K, Schnal F, Hayashi CY. 2010. Molecular evolution of Lepidopteran silk proteins: Insights from the Ghost Moth Hepialus californicus. Journal of Molecular Evolution 70:519-529
Fedic R, Zurovec M, Sehnal F. 2002. The silk of lepidoptera. Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology 71: 1-15.
Liu X, Zhang KQ. 2014. Silk Fiber - Molecular Formation Mechanism, Structure- Property Relationship and Advanced Applications. Chapter 3.
Oligomerization of Chemical and Biological Compounds
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