Those precious silk garments in your closet were made by the caterpillar of a fuzzy, white moth — thousands of them. Silkworms spin a cocoon with a single strand of silk up to 10 city blocks long.

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Silk is a naturally occurring fiber that silkworms use to make their protective cocoons. Most silk is produced for the luxury textiles market, although it has medical applications as well. This ...

Hard work: Zubayda Pardayeva picks silkworm cocoons from mulberry branches - Copyright AFP TEMUR ISMAILOV In the shade of an almond tree, Zubayda Pardayeva began the ...

From silk sarees to trays of cocoons, hybrids and pupae-based products, this year’s Silk Mark Expo in Bengaluru brought together the full range of India’s sericulture, from the familiar to the rarely ...