The diagrams below show the life cycle of the silkworm and the stages in the production of silk cloth. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. »

The illustration given presents the metamorphosis of a silkworm and how

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fabric is produced from silkworm cocoons. The silkworm's life cycle begins when eggs are laid on mulberry leaves by an adult

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. After that, on the tenth day, the larvas will hatch off and eat leaves as their main source of food.

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stage takes four to six weeks to occur until the larvas began to wrap themselves with

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threads for 3-8 days.

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the cocoon will be fully made and a mature

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will come out after approximately two weeks.

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the

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will mate and lay eggs, and the entire cycle is repeated all over again. In producing

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cloth, the cocoons of silkworms are selected and put into water inside a pot, where they are boiled at high

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. The cocoons will loosen and

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threads can be twisted into 300-900 meter single cord. At

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time, the dyeing step can be done either when they have twisted the threads or after weaving the

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cloth.

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, the average lifespan of silkworms is 9-11 weeks and consists of five main stages, which are egg, larva, cocoon, and

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,

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the manufacturing processes of

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cloth include boiling, unwinding, twisting, and weaving.