Search Results for: Silk worm cocoons for reeling
many insects produce silk, only the filament produced by bombyx mori, the mulberry silk moth and a few others in the same genus, is used by the commercial silk industry. gusano de seda / silkworm the "silkworm" is, technically, not a worm but a moth pupa. for the sake of simplicity and consistency,
filament. reeling the filament at this stage, the cocoon is treated with hot air, steam, or boiling water. the silk is then unbound from the cocoon by softening the sericin and then delicately and carefully unwinding, or 'reeling' the filaments from - cocoons at once, sometimes with a slight twist,...
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