Two silk moths
The moths live only long enough to mate and lay eggs.
This is an older manual machine that spins the silkworm cocoons into strands of silk. A person has to separate strands from the cocoons initially which the machine will then pull on and spin together with other strands.
A spool of silk
So much silk thread.
Cocoons waiting to be processed.
They are strange to hold. They are quite firm, and rattle when shaken.
This was an old machine that produces silk cloth with a pattern. It's not used for real production anymore.
The pattern is determined by these bunch card programs. I glad I don't have to produce code like this...
Crickets
More crickets
A very shiny waspy sort of creature