argema mimosae ( african moon moth ) is a giant silk moth of the family saturniidae .

similar in appearance to the giant madagascan moon moth ( argema mittrei ) , but smaller , this moth can be found widely in eastern africa and more locally in southern africa , including near the east coast of south africa .

an adult can measure 10 to 12 centimetres ( 3.9 to 4.7 in ) across its wingspan and 12 to 14 centimetres ( 4.7 to 5.5 in ) from head to the tip of its elongated ' tail-like ' second pair of wings .

its forward wings have a distinctive grey-coloured ' furry ' leading edge , giving a very rough surface , presumably for aerodynamic reasons .

apart from the eye-like markings on its wings , the colouring and shape of the wings give the appearance of a piece of foliage , especially the ' tail-like ' structures of the rearmost wings which resemble a dried out leaf stem - presumably for camouflage in its natural environment .

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we received african moon moth ( argema mimosae ) eggs but unfortunately only have a single live larva .
cocoons belonging to argema mimosae , or african moon moths . couple epiphora thrown in as well . # insectlicious # insect # macro # entomology # giantsilkmoth # silkmoth # moth # argemamimosae # argema # mimosae # africanmoonmoth # cocoon # epiphora
african moth cocoons finally came ! argema mimosae and epiphora bauhiniae , all set up in their eclosure enclosures . # moth # silkmoth # saturniidae # insectlicious # insect # argema # mimosae # argemamimosae # cocoon # epiphora # epiphorabauhiniae # lepidoptera
argema mimosae , kometenfalter - l5 raupe wow , was für eine tolle zucht , bis hierhin . nur ein ausfall . die raupen werden sich wohl bald einspinnen . a fantastic breeding ! this species makes me happy every day . they are now in l5 and going to spin the cocoon soon . # argema # happy # mimosae # saturniidae
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hi , i noticed the south african luna moth on your website and thought you would like to know it is argema mimosae – commonly called either luna moth or moon moth . kind regards aaron in london
being shy is sometimes being perfect . . . . just like this # touchmenot # mimosae # natural
another big male shown here , and another female popped sometime last night . 4 out of 19 so far . # argemamimosae # argema # mimosae # africanmoonmoth # moth # silkmoth # insect # lepidoptera # saturniidae # insectsofinstagram
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hi michelle , we believe the moth in question looks more like argema mimosae , and since argema mittrei is found in madagascar , and the moth in question was in south africa , we believe the identification that aaron in london provided long ago is the correct one . thanks for bringing this to our attention and we have now provided links from our entry .
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i feel like i ' ve been waiting on these guys * forever * . 18 more to go ! # argemamimosae # africanmoonmoth # argema # mimosae # moonmoth # moths # moth # silkmoth # saturniidae # lepidoptera # insect # photography # macro
it looks like he ' s got pupils in his eyes , ha . african moon moth male ! # argemamimosae # argema # mimosae # africanmoonmoth # africa # insect # lepidoptera # saturniidae # silkmoth # moth # macro # photography # instagood # insectsofinstagram
insects pollinate the flowers . elephants , antelope , giraffe , zebra and many others browse the leaves . the tree bears a wealth of fruit for other living organisms , including humans . the larval stage of the beautiful green african moth argema mimosae feeds on marula leaves .
argema mimosae - kometenfalter , l4 die raupen wachsen prächtig . bisher gab es nur 2 ausfälle . amberbaum ist ein tolles futter für sie und die raupen sind einfach traumhaft schön . ich halte sie bei hohen temperaturen ( 25 - 30°c ) und 40 - 70 % luftfeuchte an gewässertem futter . the caterpillars are growing very well on liquidambar . i ' ve lost just 2 larvae yet . i think liquidambar is the best footplant for this specie . they love it ! this species is just wonderful ! # wonderful # argema # mimosae # l4 # loveit ❤
new arrivals : african moon moths ! see these special beauties while you can at # bloomsandbutterflies , open daily through sept . 17 , with butterfly releases at 1 and 3pm . # africanmoonmoth # argema # mimosae # saturniidae # moths # mothsofinstagram # franklinparkconservatory # asseenincolumbus # expcols # lifeincbus
there are 12 species in the genus argema , of which 7 are found in the oriental region , 4 in africa , and one on madagascar .
the african moon moth ( argema mimosae ) is a giant silk moth of the family saturniidae . similar in appearance to the giant madagascan moon moth ( argema mittrei ) , but smaller , this moth can be found near the east coast of south africa . an adult can measure 10 - 12 centimetres across its wingspan , and 12 - 14 centimetres from head to the tip of its elongated ' tail - like ' second pair of wings .
argema mimosae - kometenfalter , kokon ( bau ) die letzten raupen bauen sich ihr kokon . nach , zunächst eher kleinen kokons , sind diese echt groß und massig . charakteristisch für die kokons der art sind die löcher im kokon . wenn das kokon fertig ist sieht man dies am besten . the last caterpillars are spinning they ' re cocoon . after some smale ones there are now very big and havy ones . # mimosae # butterflybreeding # amazing
lookit that belly full of eggs . * hopes for a male soon * # argemamimosae # argema # mimosae # africanmoonmoth # moonmoth # moths # moth # silkmoth # saturniidae # lepidoptera # insectsofinstagram # insects # photography # macro # instagood # nailpolish # chippednailpolish # femmeftm # transgender # trans # transdude
( argema mimosae - boisduval ) wingspan 100mm with trailing tails up to 50mm long in the male . widely distributed from south and central africa . one of the most magnificent of moths . not an easy species but rarely offered and well worth a try . warmth and humidity required . lfp . liquidamber and eucalyptus , sumach , walnut .
argema mimosae - species dictionary - southern africa - interactions - page 1 : ispot nature - your place to share nature . ispot is a website aimed at helping anyone identify anything in nature . once you ' ve registered , you can add an observation to the website and suggest an identification yourself or see if anyone else can identify it for you .
he is still pumping his wings up ! what a beautiful big moth . i ' m in love , i really do 💖 # argemamimosae # argema # mimosae # africanmoonmoth # moonmoth # moonmoths # moths # mothsofinstagram # mothstagram # insectsofinstagram # insectagram # insecta # insect # butterfly # butterflies # vlinder # vlinders # mot # motten # saturniidae # lepidoptera # entomology # biology # silkmoth # silkmoths
this is a photo of the same pupa i posted two weeks ago . if you look closely , you can see the wing pattern coming through . last night he finally emerged , but unfortunatly he wasn ' t able to fully pump up his wings so he looks very crumpled 😔 # argema # mimosae # lepidoptera # breeding # entomology # insects # pupa # moths # butterfly # butterflies # saturniidae # african # moon # moth
reordering my butterfly and moth box . so many beautiful colors and some nice species 💖 mostly bred by myself and they died on a natural death🌿🌺 # graellsiaisabellae # graellsiaisabelae # graellsia # isabellae # spanishmoonmoth # danausplexippus # danaus # plexippus # hamadryas # graphiumweiskei # saturniapavonia # argemamimosae # argema # mimosae # africanmoonmoth # mothsofinstagram # mothstagram # mothsofinstagram # insectsofinstagram # insectagram # insecta # insect # saturniidae # lepidoptera # entomology # biology # silkmoth # silkmoths # lepidopterist # entomologist # biologist
can ' t stop snapping photos lol ! such pretty coloring . female african moon moth . she ' s already laying her eggs , so she ' s in the fridge now to increase her lifespan a bit , in the hopes a male will hatch out soon . her eye spots remind me of today ' s solar eclipse . # argemamimosae # argema # mimosae # africanmoonmoth # moonmoth # moth # silkmoth # insect # lepidoptera # saturniidae # ihaveweirdhobbies # instagood # macro # photography # solareclipse
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as the first step in this investigation of structure–property–function relations in silkworm cocoons , we simply analysed the composition and morphology of 25 different cocoon types reported elsewhere [ 15 ] . scanning electron microscopy ( sem ) analysis of the outer surfaces of the silkworm cocoons illustrates the wide range of structures evolved by a moth in lepidoptera of important silk producing order ( figure 2 ) . at the most general level , all of the cocoons have a connected and porous fibre structure . while cocoons like b . mori have a highly porous non - woven structure , other cocoons like saturnia pyri and actias luna have very low porosity with the fibres densely packed and bonded by an almost continuous film of sericin . some of the cocoons have a lattice structure with large fabricated holes with sizes up to 5 mm , e . g . caligula simla and caligula cachara . there are also cocoons combining both non - woven fibre structure and a fibre mesh structure with large holes , e . g . cricula trifenestrata and argema mimosae .
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update : ( 03 / 15 / 2008 ) moth identification what’s that bug : giant silk moths the top picture on this page , “south african luna ( like ) moth , ” dated 04 / 08 / 06 , is of argema mittrei , also known as the comet moth or madagascan moon moth . i came across a picture of it while searching for identification of another moth just prior to accessing your site . what a coincidence . i generally would not write this long after an entry was posted , but i found no other reference to this beautiful creature on urltoken . michelle gill
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here is my # 2017bestnine i’d like to thank you all for being so welcoming into this community and all the support given , i really do appreciate it . sorry the posts have been slowing down lately , being winter there’s not much to post insect wise generally lol . i will continue of course when i find interesting things to show you ! next year shall be great , many beautiful species that i can’t wait to see and show you all . once again thank you for everything ! # bestnine # 2017 # moth # lepidoptera # photo # photography # nature # wildlife # winter # entomology # science # biology # crazymothboy # atlasmoth # mimosae # silkmoth # saturniidae # sphingidae # hawkmoth # thankyou
one of the most beautiful lepidopterans of the earth , but first of all one of the largest , lives in madagascar’s rainforests : the madagascan moon moth or comet moth ( argema mittrei ) . with a wingspan up to 20 cm , it exceeds nearly all lepidopterans worldwide , only the atlas moth ( attacus atlas ) from asia , belonging to the same family of emperor moths ( saturniidae ) , becomes even bigger . actually , the insect with its bright yellow color and the long tail is not a butterfly as many people think , but a moth . accordingly it is nocturnal and not flying at daytime . males and females can be easily distinguished : females have broader and rounder wings , and a much shorter tail . the antennae give another hint : males wear long , plumose ones , females not .
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south african luna moth hi : we just came back from a trip to south africa where we found this large luna moth on the wall of our lodge . it looks slightly different from its american cousins , but there is a family resemblence . diane & mark
hi diane and mark , your moth is surely luna - like . this tailed saturnid moth is probably in a different genus than the luna , but it is definitely in the same family . we might eventually have a species name .
hi urltoken acrually been doing some private research myself of theses moths and i have been a little obsessed with the luna moth for years now . i’m pretty sure that this picture is not a luna moth but is actually a madagacar comet moth , ( argemi mittrei ) . it is the only moth that is very similar to the luna but has extra long tails that are red with the yellow at the end . the luna is generally a consistant pale to lime green throughout the entire wings , except the false eyes . while the comet moth has wings that vary between yellow and green , with false eyes and spots .
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silkworm cocoons have evolved a wide range of different structures and combinations of physical and chemical properties in order to cope with different threats and environmental conditions . we present our observations and measurements on 25 diverse types of cocoons in a first attempt to correlate physical properties with the structure and morphology of the cocoons . these two architectural parameters appear to be far more important than the material properties of the silk fibres themselves . we consider tensile and compressive mechanical properties and gas permeation of the cocoon walls , and in each case identify mechanisms or models that relate these properties to cocoon structure , usually based upon non - woven fibre composites . these properties are of relevance also for synthetic non - woven composite materials and our studies will help formulate bio - inspired design principles for new materials .
silk materials have received much attention in recent years because of their attractive combinations of mechanical strength and toughness as well as the environmentally benign conditions under which the materials are processed from concentrated protein solutions to solid fibres [ 1 ] . however , silkworm cocoons , which are best known as the main commercial source of silk material ( primarily for textiles ) , are themselves remarkable natural composite materials . while the commercial silkworm bombyx mori has been cultivated by man for about five thousand years , a wide range of wild silkworms have evolved independently over the world over hundreds of thousands of years , and each has a slightly different combination of morphology and properties that have adapted to cope with diverse local environments .
a cocoon is a natural silk composite with a non - woven structure made of continuous silk fibres conglutinated by sericin bonding matrix . as a biological structural material , it has a hierarchical structure that we assume has been optimized through evolutionary pressures over millions of years to provide the optimum protection for the silkworm pupae as they transform into moths , and are exposed to a wide range of threats such as physical attack from animals , birds or insects , or more subtle threats such as bacteria or simply harsh environmental conditions . the key point here is that they are all , in themselves , optimized for function and that we should be able to learn from this wide range of optimized structure–property–function relations in cocoons . figure 1 shows a hierarchical set of pictures of the b . mori cocoon structure , from the full cocoon to the individual fibre–sericin combination . these cocoons have been cultivated for yield and ease of reeling of the silk fibres and for their whiteness in textiles , so their morphology is an open non - woven form that can be unwound relatively easily after soaking in mild degumming agents .
the hierarchy of the morphology of a bombyx mori cocoon . ( online version in colour . )
ecologists have suggested that wild silkworm cocoons have evolved ( i ) for protection against diverse threats and also ( ii ) to regulate the environment such as to help conserving / blocking water or regulating the flow of gasses such as oxygen and carbon dioxide for the pupae as they develop [ 2 , 3 ] . in order to test these hypotheses , a limited amount of research has been conducted recently to investigate the mechanical properties and gas diffusability of silk cocoons from b . mori and hyalophora cecropia . for example , zhao et al . tested the tensile properties of b . mori cocoons and found them anisotropic with graded - layer properties [ 4 , 5 ] . the h . cecropia cocoons and fibres have also been measured by reddy et al . [ 6 ] . blossman - myer et al . [ 7 ] have found that b . mori cocoon did not obstruct the exchange of respiratory gases between the pupa and the environment .
in a focused study of three specific cocoon types with a non - woven fibre composite structure , we have previously shown that a quantitative understanding of the mechanism for their tensile mechanical properties offers a novel design route for a remarkably wide range of fibre and particulate composite materials , from paper and nanofibre mats to concrete and polymer - bonded explosives [ 8 ] . here , we extend our study of silkworm cocoons to the much wider range of highly diverse cocoon types from 25 different silkworm species comprising a broad range of morphologies and physical properties . we also discuss how the different structures might control natural tensile , compressive and gas diffusion properties . we believe this study will be the basis for further biomimetic studies into the design and manufacture of artificial fibre composites with novel morphologies and associated material properties . after all , these are the same key properties that are important in both standard non - woven fibre composites and other materials for engineering applications [ 9 – 14 ] . cocoon materials have evolved and been optimized in their property combinations and have a wide range of different morphologies with similar silk .
morphology of silkworm cocoons . inset : photos of silkworm cocoons . scale bars : 200 µm .
cocoons could have either a multiple - layer or a single - layer structure . here , we would like to define a layer in a cocoon as a two - dimensional fibre arrangement with few fibre connections or interweaving to other adjacent two - dimensional fibre arrangements . most of the cocoons examined by us have multiple layers parallel to the surface direction with sericin bonds between them . the interlayer bonding could be either strong with only little space between layers ( e . g . s . pyri , opodiphtheara eucalypti ) , or relatively weak to form a three - dimensional non - woven structure in the cocoon ( e . g . b . mori , antheraea pernyi ) . the cocoon of antheraea roylei has a double cocoon structure with a large and irregular outer ‘bag’ enclosing an inner cocoon shell without any connections . at the other extreme , some of the cocoons have only a single layer , e . g . actias and cricula cocoons .
calcium oxalate crystals can be found on some of the cocoon surfaces [ 16 ] , and this feature may have a functional role . the side lengths of a crystal vary from 1 to 30 µm with the crystals being attached to the fibres and filling the gaps between then , thereby decreasing cocoon porosity . in the a . roylei cocoon , only the inner cocoon shell has crystals on its surface . the wider function of calcium oxalate has not yet been investigated in detail and this trait of many cocoons is hence still little understood .
every one of the cocoons discussed here has a different combination of morphological features and hence also different combinations of mechanical and diffusion properties . it is this diversity of optimized forms that we investigate here for guides to mechanisms that control properties , which can then be exploited by biomimetic synthetic analogues .
silk fibres that are spun into cocoons are in the form of a bave , i . e . a pair of fibroin brins with a sericin covering . this wet or moist covering binds the fibres together and acts as the non - woven composite matrix phase for the cocoon . we tested for reference non - degummed fibres with intact sericin coatings unravelled from cocoons in order to examine whether inherent fibre brin properties may play a statistically significant role in cocoon properties . figure 3 b shows that the fibre strength has little correlation ( r 2 = 0 . 2 ) with cocoon strength , which is typical of the poor correlation between fibre and cocoon properties . otherwise , figure 3 a shows a few characteristic average stress–strain curves for a number of silk types . all the fibres share a similar initial modulus and a yield at 2–4 % strain . importantly , most fibres have a strain at break around 16 per cent . initial inspection of the data may give the impression of high variability between silk types , but a comparable plot for a single silk type , a s . pyri fibre , demonstrates comparable sample variability ( figure 3 c ) . we find that samples taken from different layers in cocoons differ significantly , and even spatially close samples can be very different due to factors such as bending of the fibres in the motion the worm makes while spinning the cocoon . other observations on b . mori report different tensile properties in different parts of the cocoon [ 17 , 18 ] .
tensile behaviour of silk fibres . ( a ) average stress versus strain curves of different silk fibres . ( b ) no correlation between cocoon and fibre strength , r 2 = 0 . 2 . ( c ) variation in fibre properties , ( saturnia pyri fibre ) .
we will see later that the main fibre parameters that enter models for cocoon properties are low strain elastic modulus and activation strain to break . here , we suggest that all the different fibres tested have essentially the same effective properties for cocoon fabrication .
it has amply been demonstrated already that the degumming process can have considerable effects on silk fibre properties [ 19 , 20 ] relieving us from demonstrating the mechanical behaviour of fibres degummed with different agents . the harsh degumming procedures required for highly bonded cocoons can severely degrade the structure and properties of the fibres themselves [ 19 ] . at the simplest level , non - degummed fibres in figure 3 would have larger cross - sectional areas than degummed owing to the weaker sericin layer , leading to a lower strength and modulus values compared with the literature .
all of our cocoons have a similar general form to their tensile stress–strain deformation profile in the plane of the cocoon wall . the stress rises with strain to a maximum value and the gradient of this curve can change once or twice through apparent yield points until stress falls relatively rapidly after the maximum . looking at all the stress–strain profiles in figure 3 , we see that these yield points are quite consistent in strain 12–18 % across almost all the cocoons , but their combinations and permutations in stress create an interesting diversity .
we categorized the cocoons into four types based on their tensile behaviour and their microstructure ( figure 4 ) . ‘lattice’ cocoons ( figure 4 a ) have only a loose scaffold structure made up of a few fused fibre bundles supporting the cocoon frame with large pores . the fibres sustain the load when the cocoon is stretched and the stress drops rapidly when the fibre bundles break . ‘weak’ cocoons ( figure 4 b ) have high porosity and weak interlayer bonding . the inter - fibre bonding breaks gradually with increasing strain , and the stress peaks at 15–20 % strain and drops gradually when the unbonded fibres unravel from the non - woven structure . ‘brittle’ cocoons ( figure 4 c ) usually have a low porosity and strong interlayer bonding or a single layer structure . a crack starts from the sericin - binding matrix and grows perpendicular to the tensile load , leading to fibre breakage and a dramatic stress drop at 15–25 % strain . ‘tough’ cocoons ( figure 4 d ) can be grouped into a fourth type , in which the cocoons have medium porosity and interlayer bonding . these cocoons have the most complex stress–strain profiles , with multiple yield points below 20 per cent strain and then a rapid failure in the range 40–60 % strain , where the sericin binder matrix fragments and the fibres pull apart as a global unravelling .
tensile behaviour of silkworm cocoons . ( a ) ‘lattice’ cocoons . sem pictures of c . simla . left : surface structure , scale bar : 200 µm . right : breaking mechanism , scale bar : 1 mm . ( b ) ‘weak’ cocoons . sem pictures of b . mori . left : surface structure , scale bar : 200 µm . right : breaking mechanism , scale bar : 20 µm . ( c ) ‘brittle’ cocoons . sem pictures of s . pavonia . left : surface structure , scale bar : 200 µm . right : breaking mechanism , scale bar : 1 mm . ( d ) ‘tough’ cocoons . sem pictures of s . cynthia . left : surface structure , scale bar : 200 µm . right : breaking mechanism , scale bar : 1 mm .
in previous work [ 8 , 21 ] , we observed that some of the more obviously non - woven structured cocoons follow the open cell foam model developed by zhu et al . [ 22 ] whereby the elastic modulus of the cocoon is controlled by density ( governed by the porosity of the cocoon and packing density of the fibres ) and the elastic modulus of the fibres through a process of bending of the fibres between bonding junctions . as the fibres have very similar modulus values and density from our experimental results , the cocoons simply follow a gibson–ashby type [ 23 ] of relation very approximately in density squared , which is plotted in figure 5 to illustrate the general overall trend in our dataset . however , we emphasize that this is only a trend , and that the many variables in cocoon morphology would not be expected to give a simple relation across the whole dataset .
tensile behaviour of silkworm cocoons : modulus versus density squared r 2 = 0 . 41862 . ( online version in colour . )
we have developed a quantitative model to describe the damage mechanism for a very limited group of representative cocoons from three species : b . mori , a . pernyi and o . eucalypti [ 8 , 21 ] . these cocoons were selected because they display three distinct levels of porosity from the sericin distribution between the fibres in sem micrographs . this selection of cocoons gave clear indications of a general mechanism for cocoon tensile properties , where the contributions of sericin binder , fibre and the connectivity level of binding between fibres could be quantified by a self - consistent set of activation parameters in strain to describe the gradual loss of structural interfibre bonding connectivity in the composite , which manifests itself as a gradually decreasing modulus up to a percolation threshold of connectivity for rapid failure , where half of the bonding connectivity is lost under strain . the model is illustrated in figure 6 , which shows the stress–strain profile of cocoons with different extents of inter - fibre bonding , which is quantified by the numerical labels on the curves , representing the single variable parameter of inter - fibre bonding contribution to the cocoon modulus in the model .
model for nonwoven cocoons with different amounts of interfibre bonding , where the cocoon strength is bounded by dashed lines for percolation strain and the strength of the sericin binder . ( online version in colour . )
the data displayed in figure 6 demonstrate the limits of cocoon strength , as the dashed line envelope bounded by the percolation strain for loss of bonding connectivity and the upper stress bound of the individual strength of the sericin binder . here , we define percolation strain as the strain at which the silk network in cocoons loses connections and behaves like an unconnected fibre arrangement . while the model is very simple and does not consider detailed features of cocoon morphology , comparison with experimental observations in figure 3 shows that it captures the key features of most of the cocoon stress–strain profiles . all the samples have a gradual reduction of the modulus as connectivity is lost and a percolation threshold follows . two critical strains , 6 and 16 per cent , are observed in all of the curves , which represent sericin and fibre failure individually according to the model .
the ‘tough’ cocoons ( figure 4 d ) would have a third higher activation strain at around 60 per cent associated with the interfibre bonding connectivity , depending on their individual morphologies . however , this activation strain is not usually observed directly as a yield point because global failure usually precedes it . the ‘brittle’ cocoons ( figure 4 c ) with low porosity and a high bonding area , in contrast , usually fail by crack propagation through the compact combination of fibres and matrix , and their strength often has an upper limit of about 130 mpa , which is the strength of the sericin matrix . we also note that fibres break during the catastrophic failure of the material at their model characteristic failure strain of about 16 per cent . on the other hand , the ‘weak’ cocoons ( figure 4 b ) have a high porosity and the structure fails when about half of the bonding between fibres breaks , and the unbonded fibres are pulled out with hardly any fibre breaks , which is represented as a long tail in the stress–strain curves .
future work will add further refinements to the model and attempt to emulate the properties of all types of cocoon .
all cocoons under compressive stress perpendicular to the plane of the walls have consistent stress - density behaviour . due to their initial loose structure at the beginning of compression up to about 0 . 5 mpa , the stress increases slowly with a relatively large increase in density .
the compressive behaviour of cocoons is classified into three categories ( figure 7 ) . of main interest here are cocoons with a porous three - dimensional non - woven structure , shown as the central block of stress - density curves in figure 7 b with structures of a form shown in the micrograph . either side of this central block , the low - density ‘lattice’ cocoons ( figure 7 a ) and the high - density ‘brittle’ cocoons ( figure 7 c ) are difficult to compress above the 0 . 5 mpa level , since compression is against a solid fibre or composite material , with no effective pores to compact in the compression axis .
compressive behaviour of silkworm cocoons . ( a ) cocoons with lattice structure , c . trifenestrata ( light grey lines ) ; ( b ) cocoons with weak interlayer bonding , b . mori ( solid lines ) ; ( c ) cocoons with strong interlayer bonding or single layer , o . eucalypti ( dark grey dashed lines ) . scale bar ( a – c ) : 200 µm .
] for wood composites . this model treats a composite mat structure as a system of bending beams , in a similar fashion to the open cell foam model used for tensile deformation , but with a different geometry of forces applied to beam segments between the bonded contact points . the number of contact points and the length of the bending segments of fibre decrease with increasing density , thereby increasing the compressive stress in a highly nonlinear manner . the model predicts that compressive pressure ,
in the case of our non - woven cocoons , the power of 5 for pressure on density is found to be a characteristic of the consolidation of the non - woven structure , as shown in figure 8 , where cocoons from the central block of figure 7 b are plotted in a log–log pressure–density graph against a reference curve ( red ) with a power 5 in density . thus , the model developed for wood - based composites appears to work well for non - woven cocoon structures , and suggests that the dominant mechanism for compaction resistance is fibre bending .
compressive behaviour of silkworm cocoons : log–log stress versus density . the dashed line is a straight line of 10 to the power of 5 to illustrate the model relation of equation ( 2 . 1 ) .
we can suppose that gas and water vapour diffusion must play an important role in the development of pupae in cocoons and perhaps control the barrier characteristic of the cocoon to threats such as bacteria [ 7 ] . however , at the moment we have no quantitative information about the biological role of diffusion . here , we report our observations on gas diffusion through cocoons as a physical process and make an initial attempt to demonstrate how the structural and morphological features of different cocoons affect diffusion properties .
as detailed in the experimental section , we quantified the rate of gas ( diethyl ether ) through a cocoon by measuring the weight loss of liquid by evaporation and diffusion through a section of cocoon mounted on the end of an otherwise impermeable tube . we found that the mass loss was almost linear with time , so to compare the different cocoons in each test , we classified the absolute diffusion rate results in terms of cocoon morphology into four groups as shown in the micrographs at the bottom of figure 9 and grouped in the associated bar chart by colour as a guide to the main contributory features that controlled diffusion . clearly , all the cocoons reduce the speed of gas diffusion with cocoon thickness , porosity and calcium oxalate crystals affecting rate of diffusion . actias selene , a . luna and o . eucalypti cocoons all have low porosity which allow them to conserve the gas , and hence the cocoons have lowest gas diffusion rate among the specimens tested . cocoons with calcium oxalate crystals on the surface also have lower gas diffusion rate , e . g . those produced by hyalophora gloveri , antheraea frithi , s . pyri , samia canningi and gonometa postica , etc . this may be due to the dense crystals filling the pores . actias atlas , b . mori and c . cachara cocoons have a high - porosity structure , leading to high gas diffusion rate .
gas diffusability ( diethyl ether ) of silkworm cocoons . top : comparison of diffusability speed of different cocoons . from left to right : a . luna , o . eucalypti , s . pyri , a . selene , h . gloveri , a . frithi , s . canningi , a . mylitta , a . pernyi , l . katinka , a . polyphemus , a . yamamai , g . postica , a . atlas , b . mori , c . cachara , a . roylei , no cocoon . bottom : morphologies of example cocoons . ( a ) cocoons with low porosity and no calcium oxalate : o . eucalypti . ( b ) cocoons with medium porosity and calcium oxalate : a . frithi . ( c ) cocoons with medium porosity and no calcium oxalate : l . katinka . ( d ) cocoons with high porosity and no calcium oxalate : c . cachara . scale bar ( a – d ) : 200 µm . ( online version in colour . )
without making a detailed analysis of the diffusion results at this stage in our work , figure 10 shows that density of the cocoons has a sensible correlation with gas diffusion rate , i . e . a higher density slows down the permeation rate of gas ( diethyl ether ) through the cocoon .
gas diffusion ( diethyl ether ) rate of silkworm cocoons plotted as the rate of normalized mass loss against the density . r 2 = 0 . 51802 . ( online version in colour . )
we present our observations and measurements on 25 diverse types of cocoon in a first attempt to correlate physical properties with the structure and morphology of the cocoons , which appears to be more important than the differences in the properties of the silk fibres themselves . we find that the inter - fiber variability of properties is similar to that of an individual fibre type , and that the important fibre properties of low strain modulus and strain to failure for cocoon properties are similar for all the fibre types tested .
we tested tensile and compressive mechanical properties and gas permeation of the cocoon walls , and in each case identify mechanisms or models that relate these properties to cocoon structure . for tensile properties in the plane of the cocoon walls , we identify four different types of cocoon behaviour . however , the same generic mechanisms are seen in all types of cocoon . the connectivity of inter - fiber bonding plays a dominant role in stress–strain properties , and failure conditions are determined either by the percolation strain for loss of bonding connectivity or sericin binder strength , whichever is the lower .


the wingspan is 16 – 17 millimetres ( 0.63 – 0.67 in ) , making it the smallest species in the crombrugghia genus .

it is greyish , light-brown coloured .

crombrugghia tristis

crombrugghia tristis is a moth of the pterophoridae family . it is found in most of europe , except the benelux , great britain , ireland and scandinavia . it is also known from southern siberia , asia minor and central asia . the habitat consists of sandy areas overgrown with hieracium .
the wingspan is 16–17 millimetres ( 0 . 63–0 . 67 in ) , making it the smallest species in the crombrugghia genus . it is greyish , light - brown coloured .
pterophorus tristis zeller , 1841 : zeller ( 1841 ) : 788 . [ description originale ] zeller , p . c . 1841 . vorläufer einer vollständigen naturgeschichte den pterophoriden , einer nachtfalterfamilie . isis von oken , 10 : 756 - 794 . [ urltoken ]
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