Question

Write a short note on 'rearing of silkworms.
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Answer 1

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Sericulture, or silk farming, is the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk. Silkworms are reared under suitable conditions of temperature and humidity to obtain silk threads from their cocoons. The female silk moth lays hundreds of eggs. These are stored on strips of cloth or paper.

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Answer 2

The rearing of silkworm is known as Sericulture.

It involves various stages like:-

• The female moths lay eggs in large numbers. The time period involved is 9-10 days.
• A caterpillar hatches out its egg seen as a tiny one.
• They eats mulberry leaves and grows bigger and bigger and goes through 4 molts called Larva. It took place for 24-28 days.
• Then, the caterpillar spins a cocoon of silk threads around itself.
• Inside it, caterpillar changes into "pupa". This stage is lasted for 8-10 days.
• Now, the people unwind the silk thread from cocoons to weave into silk cloth.
• If not, then the pupa changes into a moth, and comes out of cocoon and adult moth is come out of it.

Sericulture is performed by predicting the temperature and humidity status in a particular environment.

Rearing or silkworms involved keeping, feeding, breeding and caring the cocoons and caterpillars.

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