The diagrams below show the life cycle of the silkworm and the stages in the production of silk cloth. summarise the data by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The illustrations demonstrate the life

process

of the silkworm and the phases in the manufacture of

silk

material.

Overall

, the life cycle is a natural

process

consisting of four cyclical phases, beginning with the moth laying eggs and ending with the birth of a new moth from a cocoon. The production of

silk

cloth is a rather man-made linear

process

entailing 6 stages. To start with, the moth lays eggs which take 10 days to hatch into silkworm larvae that feed on mulberry leaves.

This

is followed by a period of 4 to 6 weeks where the worms

contruct

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construct

contract

silk

thread before forming a cocoon taking approximately a week. They stay there

around

Change preposition

for around

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a fortnight,

subsequently

emerging as new moths and the

process

repeats itself. The first stage in the manufacture of

silk

cloth is the selection of cocoon which is

then

boiled. After that, the

silk

thread is unwound

upto

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up to

a length between 300 and 900 metres.

Finally

, the thread is

then

twisted or woven before being dyed.