Young Brunette Girl With Blue Eyes And Earrings Undresses A White Silky Slip On The Bed With A Yellow Striped Pillows

Silks are produced by several other insects, but generally only the silk of moth caterpillars has been used for textile manufacturing. There has been some research into other silks, which differ at the molecular level. Many silks are mainly produced by the larvae of insects undergoing complete metamorphosis, but some adult insects such as webspinners produce silk, and some insects such as raspy crickets produce silk throughout their lives. Silk production also occurs in Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, and ants), silverfish, mayflies, thrips, leafhoppers, beetles, lacewings, fleas, flies and midges. Other types of arthropod produce silk, most notably various arachnids such as spiders (spider silk).
Etymology
The word silk comes Old English sioloc, from Greek serikos, silken, ultimately from an Asian source (cf. Chinese si "silk," Manchurian sirghe, Mongolian sirkek).