![]() These reels are washed in water containing salt, cotton soap and washing soda. They are then immersed in boiling water for five minutes to extract the fine silk strands. The cocoons are exposed to the sunlight for two days in order to kill the pupae. one cocoon is made in about three days and has approximately thirty layersĪfter these three days the best cocoons are extracted for reproduction purposes while the others are used to make threads for embroidery and weaving.this cycle has to happen four times before the worms are big enough to settle between leaves to make their cocoon. ![]() On the seventh day they sleep head up and slough
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