Question

1. Name the plant on which silk larva feeds.
2. Name the domesticated moth whose larva
produces silk.
3. Why do we boil silk cocoons?
4. Name the different stages in the life cycle of silk
moth.​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Mulberry Plant

2.Silk moth

Answer 2

Answer:

1.mulberry leaves

2.silkworm

3.

Cocoons are placed in boiling water to make silk to kill the insect which is inside the cocoon, to get continous silk thread and to remove sticky gum from the cocon

4.Stage 1: Egg. An egg is the first stage of the life cycle of the silkworm. The egg is laid by a female moth which is mostly the size of small dots. A ...

Stage 2: Silkworm.

Stage 3: Cocoon.

Stage 4: Pupa.

Stage 5: Moth.