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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.
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What is the use of silkworm?
the use of the silkworm is for making silk
How much silk can a silkworm produce?
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.
What happens to a silkworm after it produces silk and how have traditional silk farming methods led to the deaths of millions of silkworms?
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.
Which animal produces silk?
Silkworm
How can the silkworm come out of the silk?
A silkworm comes out of the silk cocoon as a moth, if its life is allowed to complete a full cycle.
Is silkworm a compound word?
Yes, silkworm (silk+worm) is a compound word.
Silkworm is to silk as bee is to?
honey
Where silk came from?
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.
Is silk a compound?
No. Silk is a natural product exuded from a silkworm as a cocoon.
Can you touch silk worms?
It comes out as a adult silkworm if it is lucky or,it will eventually die.This depends.
What does silkworm eats?
Silk ofcourse.
Where does the material silk fabric come from?
Silk fabric is woven from stands of silk secreted by the silkworm.
