RE: https://fediscience.org/@PLOSBiology/116209668745413839

Close #relationships, e.g. cryptic species complexes, can lead to species being almost indistinguishable from one another. However, close relationships can also lead to #distinct #differences, as K. Tomihara et al. (2026) investigated at the molecular genetic level in the sister species of #silkmoths #Bombyx #mori and #Bombyx #mandarina. According to their findings, a conserved #Wnt family #genecluster is of particular importance, being associated with #morphologicaldivergence.
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The Fascinating Life of Domesticated Silk Moths

📰 Original title: Sky Puppies and the Strange World of Domesticated Silk Moths

🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
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View full AI summary: https://killbait.com/en/the-fascinating-life-of-domesticated-silk-moths/?redirpost=761159bd-cf67-44b5-a28d-ff4692588ada

#science #silkmoths #sericulture #domesticatedanimals

For comparison with images I've been sharing from my @Raspberry_Pi motion detection #AutomatedMothTrap, an image from #BlackMountain Canberra, 5 January 2022 00:51, from a battery-powered timelapse version (#RaspberryPi Zero and HQ camera).

On warm and busy nights, smaller insects often land on larger insects as with the two #Opodiphthera eucalypti #SilkMoths here: male (to left) with #Antictenia punctunculus (#Geometridae) and female (to right) with #Acropolitis rudisana (#Tortricidae)

A little practice moth in my sketchbook before starting a large graphite pencil drawing I've been planning. Imbrasia epimethea, an African silk moth with a wingspan of up to 13cm 🦋

#graphiteart #moths #drawinganimals #blackandwhiteart #sketchbook #graphitepencils #Bleistiftzeichnung #pencildrawing #silkmoths