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 given graphs depict the

life

cycle

of silkworms and show the silk cloth production from silkworms. As is presented in the first graph, there are 4 stages of the

life

cycle

of a silkworm from eggs to cocoon and the silk production is done in 6 steps.

According to

the first diagram, adult silkworms lay eggs in Mulberry leaves and the eggs take 10 days to produce silkworm

larva

Fix the agreement mistake

larvae

show examples

. The larvae eat the leaf and take another 4 to 6 weeks to wrap them with silk threat shells to complete their third stage of the

life

cycle

. In the fourth stage of their

life

cycle

, they are converted into cocoons and they remain like

this

for about 16 days to become grown moths. The moths

then

become adults and re-initiate the

cycle

. The second graph depicts the steps required to produce silks from the cocoons. In the initial stage, the fine cocoons are selected. They are

then

boiled in water and unwinded to produce around 300 to 900 m long thread. The produced threads are

then

twisted and dyed. The weaving is the

last

step that requires dyeing as well. After that, the silks are produced and could be used.