Wild silk images

18 May 2011

Images to accompany the Oxford University news release 'Mineral discovery reels in wild silk harvest':

Gonometa Postica cocoon

Cocoon of silkmoth Gonometa postica. Credit: OU/Christopher Holland

Download a larger version of this image here.

Gonometa Postica 5th instar

5th instar of silkmoth Gonometa postica. Credit: OU/Christopher Holland

Download a larger version of this image here.

Gonometa Postica adult female

Adult female silkmoth Gonometa postica. Credit: OU/Christopher Holland

Download a larger version of this image here.

For more information contact the University of Oxford Press Office on +44 (0)1865 283877 or email press.office@admin.ox.ac.uk