The graphic demonstrates the formation process of a silkworm and production of silk cloth from a cocoon.
Overall, the lifecycle is a natural and cyclical process, containing four stages, beginning with laying off eggs and culminating in the formation of a cocoon. On the other hand, producing silk cloth requires human interception and has six phases in total.
To begin with, a moth lays eggs on a leaf and it takes a period of ten days for a silkworm larva to hatch from its egg. After emerging, the larva gets its necessary nutririons from mulberry leaves and produces silk thread around itself in approximately 4-6 weeks. The final stage, the formation of a cocoon takes around 3-8 days and finishes in either being selected for cloth production or giving life to another moth and starting the process over again.
Furthermore, manufacturing of silk cloth stars with selection of cocoons and passing them to the boiling stage. Boiled cocoon then gets unwinded and twisted into a thread in the length around 300-900 metres before transferring to weaving. The dying of thread can be done either from twisting stage or the weaving which finishes the whole manufacturing.
