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2. Ceiba speciosa - Wikipedia

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   Ceiba speciosa, the floss silk tree (formerly Chorisia speciosa), is a species of deciduous tree that is native to the tropical and subtropical forests of South America. It has several local common names, such as palo borracho (in Spanish literally "drunken stick"), or árbol del puente , samu'ũ (in Guarani ), or paineira (in Brazilian ...

3. List of animals that produce silk - Wikipedia

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   Raspy crickets produce silk to form nests. Honeybee and bumblebee larvae produce silk to strengthen the wax cells in which they pupate. [1] Bulldog ants spin cocoons to protect themselves during pupation. [1] Weaver ants use silk to connect leaves together to make communal nests. [1] Caddisfly larvae produce silk. Webspinners have silk glands ...

4. Bombax - Wikipedia

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   Bombax species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the leaf-miner Bucculatrix crateracma which feeds exclusively on Bombax ceiba. The tree appears on the flag of Equatorial Guinea. The tree fibers are 100% cellulose, able to float, impervious to water, and have a low thermal conductivity.

5. 10 best fall foliage train rides in the US for 2024

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   The three-hour round-trip fall foliage train ride departs and returns from Bretton Woods in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, close to the popular family vacation destination of North Conway.

6. Sericulture - Wikipedia

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   The silkworms are fed with mulberry leaves, and after the fourth moult, they climb a twig placed near them and spin their silken cocoons. The silk is a continuous filament comprising fibroin protein, secreted from two salivary glands in the head of each worm, and a gum called sericin, which cements the filaments. The sericin is removed by ...

7. Bombax ceiba - Wikipedia

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   Cup-shaped flowers solitary or clustered, axillary or sub-terminal, fascicles at or near the ends of the branches, when the tree is bare of leaves, an average of 7–11 centimetres (2 + 5 ⁄ 6 – 4 + 1 ⁄ 3 in) wide, 14 centimetres (5 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in width, petals up to 12 centimetres (4 + 2 ⁄ 3 in) in length, calyx is cup-shaped usually ...