Silkworms, a type of caterpillar, are the source of silk threads. Silkworms make a cocoon about an inch long in an oval shape. Silkworms only eat the leaves of white mulberry trees.
they produce silk threads (what is the question?)
The process of taking out threads from the cocoon for use as silk is called reeling the silk.
Silk is obtained from silkworms through a process called sericulture. The most commonly used silkworm is the Bombyx mori, which spins a cocoon made of silk threads during its pupal stage. To harvest the silk, the cocoons are collected and boiled or steamed to kill the pupa and soften the silk fibers, allowing them to be unwound into long threads. These threads are then spun and woven into silk fabric.
reeling
No, silk production involves carefully unraveling the silk threads from the cocoons of silkworms without harming the worms.
approximately 12.32 pounds
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Silk clothes are made from the fibers produced by silkworms. The process involves raising silkworms, harvesting their cocoons, unraveling the silk fibers, spinning them into threads, and weaving the threads into fabric. The fabric is then dyed, cut, and sewn into clothing.
its made of thick silk threads.
Silk comes from silkworms -- its only source for natural silk.
Silkworms make silk, of course! A great book about silkworms is "Project Mulberry"...
Yes, producing silk is a multistep process that involves plants, insects, and humans. The primary source of silk is the silkworm, which feeds on mulberry leaves (a plant) to grow. Once the silkworms spin their cocoons, humans collect and process these cocoons to extract the silk fibers, which are then spun into threads for various uses. This intricate process highlights the collaboration between nature and human craftsmanship in silk production.