KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -The caterpillar or larvae are hatched from the eggs of the silk moth. The silkworms feed on mulberry leaves and give rise to pupa. In the pupa stage, a weave is netted around by the silkworm to hold itself. After that it swings its head, spinning a fibre made of a protein and becomes a silk fibre.

Detailed explanation-2: -How is silk made? There’s no getting around this: Silkworms die to produce silk. There are different types of silk, but the variety we generally refer to when we talk about silk-the one used for stunning saris or flowy dresses-comes from the mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori.

Detailed explanation-3: -Each silkworm produces just one single strand of silk, which measures about 100 metres long and is held together by a type of natural gum, called sericin. Did you know? It takes around 2, 500 silkworms to produce one pound of raw silk.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sericulture. The process of making silk from silkworm is known as sericulture. In this process, silkworm larvae are fed with mulberry leaves, and after the fourth moult, they climb a twig placed near them and spin their silken cocoons.