Ingo Arndt / Cryptic Lobster moth caterpillar mimics ant {Stauropus fagi} Germany

Ingo Arndt / Cryptic Lobster moth caterpillar mimics ant {Stauropus fagi} Germany

Ingo Arndt / Cryptic Lobster moth caterpillar mimics ant {Stauropus fagi} Germany

Ingo Arndt / Cryptic Lobster moth caterpillar mimics ant {Stauropus fagi} Germany

Alex Hyde / Shag carpet caterpillar (Prothysana sp) covered in defensive urticating hairs, Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Silkworm cocoons (Bombyx mori), Sohra Market, Cherrapunji. Meghalaya, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Silkworm caterpillars (Bombyx mori) for sale as food, Sohra Market, Cherrapunji. Meghalaya, North East India.

Pete Oxford / Silk worms (Bombyx mori) raised for silk, Khasi Tribe. Meghalaya, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Man feeding Silk worms (Bombyx mori) raised for silk, Khasi Tribe. Meghalaya, North East India, October 2014.

Pete Oxford / Silkworms (Bombyx mori) for sale in market for food, Apatani Tribe, Ziro Valley, Himalayan Foothills, Arunachal Pradesh.North East India, November 2014.

Konrad Wothe / Moth (Epia muscosa) Panguana Reserve, Huanuca province, Amazon basin, Peru.

David Noton / Silk worm (Bombyx mori) cocoons at a weaving centre in Luang Prabang, Laos, March 2009.

David Noton / Silk worm (Bombyx mori) cocoons at a weaving centre in Luang Prabang, Laos, March 2009.

David Noton / Silk worm (Bombyx mori) larvae feeding at weaving centre in Luang Prabang, Laos, March 2009.

Sue Flood / Silkworm moth (Bombyx mori) cocoons for production of silk thread, in Hoi An, Vietnam.

Alex Hyde / Trachea and tracheoles of a Silkworm (Bombycidae) caterpillar, imaged from an antique microscope slide.

Morley Read / Shag-carpet moth caterpillar (Tarchon felderi) in the rainforest understory, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador, August.