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How is sericulture done

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1. The silk moth lays eggs

2.The eggs hatch, and the larvae feed on mulberry leaves.

3.When the silkworms are 10,000 times heavier than when they hatched, they are ready to spin silk in a cocoon.

4.The silk is produced in two glands in the silkworms head and forced out in liquid form through openings called spinnerets.

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