Explain how silk is obtained from silk moth
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Silk obtained from silk worm by the process of Sericulture. Explanation: Modern sericulture consists of incubating the eggs off the silk moth to produce the caterpillar that are called worms or silkworms. After hatching from the egg, the caterpillars feed continuously on Mulberry leaves for about six weeks .
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A female silkmoth lays hundreds of eggs at a time.
The eggs laid by the silkmoth are stored on cloth or paper and kept under hygienic and appropriate conditions.
The eggs are warmed to a suitable temperature for larvae to hatch from eggs.
The larvae feed on mulberry leaves kept in clean bamboo trays and increase enormously in size.
After 25-30 days, the caterpillars are moved to a tiny chamber of bamboo in the tray to spin cocoons.
The caterpillar or silkworm spins the cocoon inside which develops the silk moth.
The cocoons are kept under the sun or boiled or exposed to steam.
The silk fibres separate out from the cocoon using special machines. This process is called reeling the silk.
Silk fibres are then spun into silk threads, which are woven into silk cloth by weavers.
this process is also known as sericulture...
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