The diagrams below show the life cycle of the silkworm and the stages in the production of silk cloth.

The two diagrams present the life cycle of the silkworm and the procedure of producing

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, there are four major stages for the little animal in their lives, beginning with eggs and ending with moths. After six processes, the cocoon can be translated into qualified

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. When it comes to the life cycle of the silkworm, eggs laid by a female moth hatch into larvae in ten days, which are fed on mulberry leaves. When living on the mulberry trees for 4-6 weeks, larvae start to form threads, after which they become cocoons

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. Moths are emerged from cocoons sixteen days later, among whom females will lay eggs again to renew another life cycle. With regard to the way how to manufacture

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, selected cocoons are put into a boiler with hot water. After being boiled, each cocoon unwinds into 300-900 meters of thread, which will be twisted and

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woven,

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producing the raw material. Once they are dyed, it turns out

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