The diagram illustrates the life process of the silkworm and the phases in the manufacture of silk methods.
Overall, it can be cleraly seen that the life cycle is a natural process and contains four cycle phases, beginning with the laying of eggs and ending with the birth of a new moth from a cacoon. The production of silk is in contrast to pervious stage, a man made liner process comparising of 6 main stages.
To begin with, eggs are produced by the moth, and it takes 10 days for the eggs to hatch into silkworm larvae that feed on mulberry leaves. This stage takes between 4 and 6 weeks before the worms construct a coon from silk thread, taking approximately one week. They stay there for around a fortnight, subsequently emerging as moths and the process can begin again.
