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. Write at least 150 words.

The first diagram illustrates the life

cycle

of the silkworm ,

whereas

the second diagram depicts the stages involved in the production of silk cloth.

Overall

,

it is clear that

there are four distinct stages illustrated in the process which is

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cycle

of the silkworm , commencing from laying eggs on a mulberry leaf and ending with the development of a mature moth.

Furthermore

, the production of silk cloth starts from selecting the

cocoon

and ending with dying. The first stage is when an adult moth lays approximately hundreds of eggs on a mulberry leaf. After around 10 days, the eggs hatch and silkworm larvae emerge. At

this

point in the

cycle

, they eat leaves as their food source, and

this

will take around 4-6 weeks. Over time, the larva is surrounded by a silk

thread

while

it is going through the growth process. At

this

stage, it takes

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3-8 days . The final stage of the

cycle

is when the larva is covered by a

cocoon

and after almost 16 days, an adult moth emerges. In the second diagram,

firstly

, the

cocoon

is selected and boiled.

Then

, the

cocoon

is unwinded and stretched in order to get a

thread

ranging from about 300-900m. After that, the

thread

is twisted and dyed. In some cases, the twisted

thread

is woven and

finally

dyed.