A domesticated silkworm produces a single cocoon in its life cycle, which when unraveled can produce up to 3,000 meters of one strand of silk fibre.
yes they produce this cocoon and when they come out of it you can pick it and turn into silk. the Queen's wedding dress was made with English silk from an English silkworm factory.
A silkworm is the larva of the silk moth, Bombyx mori. It is a domesticated insect known for its ability to produce silk.
the use of the silkworm is for making silk
Any of various caterpillars that produce silk cocoons Any of various caterpillars that produce silk cocoons Any of various caterpillars that produce silk cocoons Most known as Bombyx Mori It is also a worm that produces a cocoon that when properly done produces silk.
A silkworm produces about a half mile length of silk at a time. It usually takes about a month for them to produce that much silk. Silkworms live up to two months, so in their whole lifetime, they spin about one mile of silk.
Yes , the most common one is mullberry silkworm x
The silkworm in a cocoon is thrown into boiling water to kill the silkworm. The silk is then untangled and processed into a stronger silk thread. If the silkworm is allowed to mature in the cocoon, it will make a hole (damaging the silk) as it emerges from the cocoon.
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A silkworm comes out of the silk cocoon as a moth, if its life is allowed to complete a full cycle.
Yes, silkworm (silk+worm) is a compound word.
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Silk is the material produced by the silk worm to make its cocoon. The silkworm that makes the best quantity of silk is the mulberry silkworm. Shortly before the silkworm is going to eat its way through the silk of the cocoon, the worm is killed by humans so the cocoon can be unraveled into a single thread.