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

The diagrams illustrate the transformation of the

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and how silk fabrics and yarns are produced from its

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. The life cycle of the

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begins with the moth, that lays eggs. 10 days later, they evolve into

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larvae and start eating mulberry leaves. During the next 4 to 6 weeks larva create silk thread around themselves. It takes another 3 to 8 days to close the

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. A moth evolves after 16 days, and the empty

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could be collected for silk production. Production starts when selected cocoons are put into the boiled water.

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, wet cocoons can be unwound to 300-900 metres of thread. After that, yarns are twisted and dyed or weaved and

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coloured. In fact, it takes from 8 to 11 weeks for the

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to generate a

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that provides a thread of 300 to 900 metres in length. It is noticeable, that for the production process, large amounts of both energy and water are required.