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

The given flow charts illustrate information about the technical processes of the production of

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fabric and the growth of the silkworm. In general, what stands out from the figure is that the first graph indicates four main steps of the life cycle of a moth,

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the production process of

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includes five stages. The first step begins with the laying of eggs on the leaves by the grown moth. After 10 days, silkworm larvas are gone from eggs and start to feed mulberry leaves. Before turning into a cocoon, all larvas start to cover themselves with

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thread. It takes 4-6 weeks,

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, turning into a cocoon takes 3-8 days. All

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separate for the production of

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and laying eggs. The second graph begins with the separation of suitable

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.

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not broken

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are put to boil water.

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period takes some time,

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the

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are unwound. Each cocoon can produce around 300-900 threads. The

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twisting threads are gone to dye for the required time. All colouring threads are weaved on the roll again they are put into colour water.

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is the

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step of processing

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cloth.