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Table 8.3 (continued)

S. no Details

Spider

Silkmoth

8

Uses

1. Vitamin K

2. As a thread for crosshairs in

optical instruments such as

telescopes and microscopes

3. In 2011, spider silk fibres were

used in the field of optics to

generate very fine diffraction

patterns

1. Used for industrial and commercial

purposes, such as in parachutes, bicycle

tires, comforter filling and artillery

gunpowder bags

2. After removal of outer irritant sericin

coating of the silk, it is suitable as

non-absorbable surgical sutures

Note Spider and spider fibres have been included from comparing with insect silk; however, insects and

spiders belong to the same phylum Arthropoda

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