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5 days ago · The cocoons are then sold to the local cooperative. "This work needs skill, dedication, and patience because the silkworm is a very delicate insect," he said. "There are feeding houses in each house of the small village of just over a hundred souls, and this ancestral tradition is the main income of families," Deliktas said.
3 days ago · AbstractIndonesia is a country blessed with multifarious natural resources, including the notorious “pest” namely the Cricula trifenestrata wild silkworms.Although there is no Cricula trifenestrata wild silkworms in Japan, the advance science and technology to uncover the potential of Cricula trifenestrata wild silkworms’ golden cocoons utilization as various crafts, textile and health products have been discovered by Japanese scientists since 1988.
3 days ago · In this station, work is being done to determine favourable silkworm rearing conditions and areas where mulberry trees, leaves the worms feed on, could grow well. According to researchers, the silkworms- which eventually develop into cocoons from which raw silk is produced — do well with warm climatic conditions.
3 days ago · The Journal of Basic and Applied Zoology (JOBAZ) is a peer-reviewed, open access journal. JOBAZ is affiliated with the Egyptian Society for Biosciences Advancement and published by Springer Nature. The journal has five sections: Physiology and Ecology, which publishes original articles concerned with the study of the different physiological ...
3 days ago · Assam is the world's largest producer of Muga silk. Though Assam produces all four species of silk, the Muga and Eri silks, sometimes known as Vanya silks, have received special attention and this silk is produced in Bihar. Muga Silk is made exclusively in Assam from the cocoons of Saturniidae silkworms that feed on Som and Soalu plants.
1 day ago · This video shows an open air silkworm farm that produces silk cocoons intended to be turned into silk for Áo dài clothing. Áo dài is a Vietnamese garment consisting of a long split tunic worn over silk trousers. It is worn by men and women. Áo translates as shirt and dài means "long". This is a farm that appears to grow its own mulberry ...
4 days ago · pupa, life stage in the development of insects exhibiting complete metamorphosis that occurs between the larval and adult stages (imago). During pupation, larval structures break down, and adult structures such as wings appear for the first time. The adult emerges by either splitting the pupal skin, chewing its way out, or secreting a fluid ...
