KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of a silk moth. It is an economically important insect, being a primary producer of silk. A silkworm’s preferred food are white mulberry leaves, though they may eat other mulberry species and even the osage orange.

Detailed explanation-2: -Commercial silks are products of the domestic silkworm Bombyx mori, several silkmoth species (most of them from the genus Antheraea) and a few other moths whose larvae spin large and closed cocoons. To release the fiber, cocoons are soaked in hot and slightly alkaline water that dissolves the outer sericin layer.

Detailed explanation-3: -Topping our list of helpful insects are bees. Bees in particular are quite helpful to humans. In fact, they are essential to human survival. Honeybees are important because they are responsible for a great deal of pollination.