The provided process diagram outlines the life cycle of the silkworm.
Overall, the cyclical diagram illustrates how silkworm is born and grown up in 4 stages, beginning with silkworm’s eggs and ending with a moth.
First of all, many small eggs are laid on a leaf. After 10 days, the silkworm larva hatches and started to eat their food, usually known as mulberry leaf. Whenever the silkworm larva ate enough leaf, it will start to cover itself with silk thread for about 4-6 weeks. From this moment, the silkworm larva won’t eat anything more because the amount of mulberry leaf it has eaten provide enough energy and keep them from getting hungry while doing the cocoon.
But it takes 3-8 days for the larva to cover the whole body with its silk thread and become a cocoon. Finally, the cocoon will break and a mature moth will come out. This process often takes about 16 days. After this last stages, the moth will continue to lay its eggs and repeat the same process.
The provided process diagram outlines the life cycle of the silkworm.
Overall
, the cyclical diagram illustrates how silkworm
is born
and grown up in 4 stages, beginning with silkworm’s eggs and ending with a moth.
First of all
,
many
small
eggs
are laid
on a
leaf
. After 10 days, the silkworm larva hatches and
started
to eat their food,
usually
known as mulberry
leaf
. Whenever the silkworm larva ate
enough
leaf
, it will
start
to cover itself with silk thread for about 4-6 weeks. From this moment, the silkworm larva won’t eat anything more
because
the amount of mulberry
leaf
it has eaten provide
enough
energy and
keep
them from getting hungry while doing the cocoon.
But
it takes 3-8 days for the larva to cover the whole body with its silk thread and become a cocoon.
Finally
, the cocoon will break and a mature moth will
come
out. This process
often
takes about 16 days. After this last stages, the moth will continue to lay its eggs and repeat the same process.