How is the silk from a silk worm extracted?

Answer 1

The silkworm makes a coccoon. When the worm does this, you drop the coccoon into warm water and let it soak. After a while, the "glue" that the silkworm uses to make the cocoon dissolves and the fibres come apart in the water. Carefully find the end of the cocoon and start to unravel it. It should come apart easily and the silk will dry to a usable product.

Answer 2

When the silk worm creates a chrysalis it uses only one ongoing thread. Harvesters find the end of this thread and gently unwind the chrysalis. After, the remains of the chrysalis are put into sawdust to become moths and lays eggs for the next generation.

Answer 3

The silkworm undergoes a metamorphosis in which it first wraps itself in a cocoon made of fibers which can be made into silk.

Answer 4

the silk which comes from silkworms is a kind of substance.