Wild Tasar Silkworm Cocoons
Cocoons of the Tasar silkworm (Antheraea sp.), a wild moth native to the forests of India. Along with other species of Saturniid silkworms (including the Muga and Eri) its coccoons are the source of Tussar silk. This wild silk is more colorful, coarser and stronger than silk from the produced by the common silkworm (Bombyx mori), which has been domesticated for at least 5000 years. Sericulture (the raising of silkworms) has been practiced by the indigenous peoples of northeastern India (sometimes collectively referred to as Adivasi) for millennia. From the managing of wild silkworm populations in the forest, to the weaving of spectacular, colorful textiles, sericulture is central to the region's social and economic fabric.
These cocoons are empty and intact (not cut open), and retain the pedical which connected the cocoon to a tree branch. About 2" long (excluding pedical). Price is per cocoon.
Cocoons of the Tasar silkworm (Antheraea sp.), a wild moth native to the forests of India. Along with other species of Saturniid silkworms (including the Muga and Eri) its coccoons are the source of Tussar silk. This wild silk is more colorful, coarser and stronger than silk from the produced by the common silkworm (Bombyx mori), which has been domesticated for at least 5000 years. Sericulture (the raising of silkworms) has been practiced by the indigenous peoples of northeastern India (sometimes collectively referred to as Adivasi) for millennia. From the managing of wild silkworm populations in the forest, to the weaving of spectacular, colorful textiles, sericulture is central to the region's social and economic fabric.
These cocoons are empty and intact (not cut open), and retain the pedical which connected the cocoon to a tree branch. About 2" long (excluding pedical). Price is per cocoon.
Cocoons of the Tasar silkworm (Antheraea sp.), a wild moth native to the forests of India. Along with other species of Saturniid silkworms (including the Muga and Eri) its coccoons are the source of Tussar silk. This wild silk is more colorful, coarser and stronger than silk from the produced by the common silkworm (Bombyx mori), which has been domesticated for at least 5000 years. Sericulture (the raising of silkworms) has been practiced by the indigenous peoples of northeastern India (sometimes collectively referred to as Adivasi) for millennia. From the managing of wild silkworm populations in the forest, to the weaving of spectacular, colorful textiles, sericulture is central to the region's social and economic fabric.
These cocoons are empty and intact (not cut open), and retain the pedical which connected the cocoon to a tree branch. About 2" long (excluding pedical). Price is per cocoon.