The wasp typically injects venom, anti-immune chemicals and digestive enzymes into the caterpillar when it lays its eggs. When the eggs hatch, the larvae feed on the tissues of their still-living host. They then pupate before emerging as...

The wasp typically injects venom, anti-immune chemicals and digestive enzymes into the caterpillar when it lays its eggs. When the eggs hatch, the larvae feed on the tissues of their still-living host. They then pupate before emerging as...

Selection cocoon silkworm.

Selection cocoon silkworm.

silkworms with leaves on the woven basket

Woman making silk from boiling silkworm cocoons to pulling out silk thread.

CU Butterfly Pupa anchored to branch by silk girdle, Australia

CU Pan right, Mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti) emerging from pupa, UK. Aedes aegypti spreads yellow fever, dengue fever, Chikungunya and other diseases.

silkworms with leaves on the woven basket

silkworms with leaves on the woven basket

silkworms with leaves on the woven basket

silkworms with leaves on the woven basket

silkworms with leaves on the woven basket

silkworms with leaves on the woven basket

silkworms with leaves on the woven basket

Mosquitos larva, Example in the laboratory - scientific research and development concept.

Mosquitos pupa larva, Example in the laboratory - scientific research and development concept.

CU Silkworm larvae, Bombyx mori, inside silk cocoon

BCU Zoom out, Cairns Birdwing (Ornithoptera priamus) Pupa with fungal infection, Australia

boiling silkworm cocoon

Some species of wasp lay eggs on living animals such as this caterpillar. The wasp typically injects venom, anti-immune chemicals and digestive enzymes into the caterpillar when it lays its eggs. When the eggs hatch, the larvae feed on...

Boiling silkworm cocoon.

Workhouses Silk

Workhouses Silk