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Silk production - from worm to catwalk, southern India - 2010
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Silk production - from worm to catwalk, southern India - 2010
SILK PRODUCTION - FROM WORM TO CATWALK
For many silk - the Queen of all fabrics - spells luxury, elegance, class and comfort.
But for hundreds of thousands of people in India it is something much more mundane but infinitely important - a vital life line.
An estimated 700,000 people are involved in various sericulture (silk production) activities in India.
Half of all the silk produced in India comes from the region of Karnataka where a sub-tropical climate allows for year-round production.
In 2007-08 India exported more than GBP 400 million of raw silk, carpets and ready made garments.
In 2007 alone it produced 18,320 metric tonnes of raw silk, making it the second a largest silk producer in the world.
It is second only behind China, which produced 108,420 metric tonnes of raw silk in the same period.
While the difference is vast, India's contribution is even more impressive considering that much of its production is done using outdated tools or by hand.
Ultimately, however, poor technology and high production costs undermine the vital role played by sericulture in improving India's rural economy.
The Worm
The Silkworm Seed Production Centre in Mysore is run by Professor N.M. Biram Saheb.
He explains that the Indian government pioneered the provision of disease free lays of eggs as a way of improving yields without increasing start-up costs
The practice means that farmers are provided with a steady stream of healthy silkworm eggs.
It is deep in the seed production centre where the 'work' of creating these eggs takes place - in darkened rooms where moths are laid out on newspaper in racks of plastic trays.
Powerhouses of the silk industry they may be, but in reality they are pale weaklings whose only purpose is to mate...
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Greater Banded Hornet (Vespa Tropica) Is Known For Its Lethal Venom
A greater banded hornet (Vespa tropica) shelters inside human footwear in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on August 1, 2025. Native to southern Asia, New Guinea and West Africa, the species has recently been identified as invasive on Guam. The hornet preys on paper wasps, honeybees and dragonflies, and is known to raid the nests of other wasps to capture larvae as food. Its sting can inject neuro (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto) -
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Greater Banded Hornet (Vespa Tropica) Is Known For Its Lethal Venom
A greater banded hornet (Vespa tropica) shelters inside human footwear in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on August 1, 2025. Native to southern Asia, New Guinea and West Africa, the species has recently been identified as invasive on Guam. The hornet preys on paper wasps, honeybees and dragonflies, and is known to raid the nests of other wasps to capture larvae as food. Its sting can inject neuro (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto) -
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Tobacco Cutworm - Cotton Leafworm (Spodoptera Litura) - Agricultural Pest - Animal India
A tobacco cutworm or cotton leafworm (Spodoptera litura) pictured in a forest, in Tehatta, India, on July 20, 2025. This nocturnal moth is a major polyphagous pest in Asia, Oceania, and the Indian subcontinent. As larvae, they feed on a wide variety of plants and can cause severe damage to agricultural crops.(Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto) -
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Greater Banded Hornet (Vespa Tropica) Is Known For Its Lethal Venom
A greater banded hornet (Vespa tropica) shelters inside human footwear in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on August 1, 2025. Native to southern Asia, New Guinea and West Africa, the species has recently been identified as invasive on Guam. The hornet preys on paper wasps, honeybees and dragonflies, and is known to raid the nests of other wasps to capture larvae as food. Its sting can inject neuro (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto) -
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Greater Banded Hornet (Vespa Tropica) Is Known For Its Lethal Venom
A greater banded hornet (Vespa tropica) shelters inside human footwear in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on August 1, 2025. Native to southern Asia, New Guinea and West Africa, the species has recently been identified as invasive on Guam. The hornet preys on paper wasps, honeybees and dragonflies, and is known to raid the nests of other wasps to capture larvae as food. Its sting can inject neuro (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto) -
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Tobacco Cutworm - Cotton Leafworm (Spodoptera Litura) - Agricultural Pest - Animal India
A tobacco cutworm or cotton leafworm (Spodoptera litura) pictured in a forest, in Tehatta, India, on July 20, 2025. This nocturnal moth is a major polyphagous pest in Asia, Oceania, and the Indian subcontinent. As larvae, they feed on a wide variety of plants and can cause severe damage to agricultural crops.(Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto) -
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Tobacco Cutworm - Cotton Leafworm (Spodoptera Litura) - Agricultural Pest - Animal India
A tobacco cutworm or cotton leafworm (Spodoptera litura) pictured in a forest, in Tehatta, India, on July 20, 2025. This nocturnal moth is a major polyphagous pest in Asia, Oceania, and the Indian subcontinent. As larvae, they feed on a wide variety of plants and can cause severe damage to agricultural crops.(Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto) -
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Caterpillar Eating A Black-eyed Susan Flower
A caterpillar eats a Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) flower in Markham, Ontario, Canada, on July 3, 2025. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto) -
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London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Nils Jorgensen/REX/Shutterstock (10045706au)
Magnificent Flower Beetle and larvae
London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
Zookeepers at ZSL London Zoo count Magnificent Flower Beetle and larvae at the ZooÕs annual stocktake. Caring for more than 700 different species, ZSL London ZooÕs keepers face the challenging task of tallying up every mammal, bird, reptile, fish and invertebrate at the Zoo, counting everything from a troop of inquisitive squirrel monkeys to Critically Endangered Sumatran tigers and Bactrian camels.
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London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Nils Jorgensen/REX/Shutterstock (10045706ar)
Magnificent Flower Beetle and larvae
London Zoo annual stocktake, UK - 03 Jan 2019
Zookeepers at ZSL London Zoo count Magnificent Flower Beetle and larvae at the ZooÕs annual stocktake. Caring for more than 700 different species, ZSL London ZooÕs keepers face the challenging task of tallying up every mammal, bird, reptile, fish and invertebrate at the Zoo, counting everything from a troop of inquisitive squirrel monkeys to Critically Endangered Sumatran tigers and Bactrian camels.
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