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

The given diagram is an illustration of the life cycle of a silkworm

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the process of harvesting silk cloth and preparing it for commercial usage.

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, the egg of a moth takes around two months to yield a cocoon that could be availed to produce the final item which takes five stages. The conception of the subject insect begins as an egg laid by a moth on a Mulberry leaf.

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egg

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hatches into a larva, which

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feeds on the said leaflet. After which, the hatchling spends about four to six weeks wrapping itself in a shell made of silk. And, once the caterpillar has matured, the empty pupa is collected for usage as a raw material. The aforementioned cacoon is

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hand-picked from the stock to be worked on. To start with, it is kept in a vat of boiling water to make it easier for unwinding.

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the unwrapped strand, the length of which could vary from 300 to 900 meters, is twisted into a thin thread.

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, it is wrapped around a rectangular cardboard and

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soaked into a dye of the desired colour.