they secreet it to build the coccon which we collect and weave into silk
To protect the larva during its metamorphosis into an adult insect.
To protect the larva during its metamorphosis into an adult insect.
it is originally from these type of worms called silkworms and the silk comes from the webs made by the worms.
Silk is produced by silkworms, which are the larvae of silk moths. The silkworms spin silk to create cocoons in which they undergo metamorphosis into adult moths. The silk is harvested from these cocoons and woven into fabric.
Silkworms, which emerge from their cocoons as moths, spin cocoons that are the raw material for the fibre humans use as silk. Cocoons are harvested from domesticated silkworms by heating the cocoon to kill the animal, then the silk cocoon is unraveled. Once the moth has emerged -- in wild silkworms for example, the cocoon's silk can be harvested, but not in one continuous length. As a moth, there is no connection with the now-discarded cocoon.
Silk is made from the cocoons of silkworms.
No. Silk fibre is spun by silkworms as cocoons.
Sericulture is the practice of rearing silkworms for the production of silk. This process involves feeding the silkworms mulberry leaves until they spin cocoons, which are then harvested and processed to extract the silk fibers. Sericulture is an important industry in many countries around the world.
less than half a year
natural. silk is made by silk wormsSilk is a natural fibre produced by silk worms -- moths, really -- that spin cocoons which, when unraveled upon the death of the worm, become silk strands.
Silk is made from the cocoons of silkworms. It takes 5500 cocoons to make just 2.2 lbs., or 1 kilogram, of silk.
They make silk...when the spin their cacoon