Silk is made from the cocoons of silkworms. It takes 5500 cocoons to make just 2.2 lbs., or 1 kilogram, of silk.
What do silk farmers do with cocoons not needed for breeding purposes
What do silk farmers do with cocoons not needed for breeding purposes
silk farmer wait until the silk is open.
It takes about 2,000 to 3,000 cocoons to produce 1 kg of raw silk. Each cocoon is made up of a single continuous thread of silk spun by the silkworm larvae.
they make silk of silk worm cocoons which silk worm are larvae
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.
for my opinion to make one silk saree maybe 1000 or 50,000 silk worms could be killed to make one silk saree from silk
Bu6terflies make chrysalises rather than cocoons. Moths make cocoons out of silk and butterflies make chrysalises during their molting.
Silkworms originate from China and live in Mulberry Bushes
Silk is animal protein, from silk worm cocoons.
they secreet it to build the coccon which we collect and weave into silk
they kill the silkworm that is inside to get the cocoon into fiber (thread)