12+ Inside Silk Moth Cocoon Images. The silk used by humans comes from the domesticated silkworm, bombyx mori. Some of the silkworms (as pupae) are allowed to live and mature.

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These cocoons are then dissolved in boiling water in order to extract the single. In the production of silk, cocoons are put into very hot water, which kills the worm inside and loosens the. Where does it come from?

The silk used by humans comes from the domesticated silkworm, bombyx mori.

The abdomen of the pupa is flexible, the abdominal segments move back and forth easily. Many silk cocoons ready to reel into silk thread. This process of getting silk threads from the cocoons to use it as a silk fabric is known as reeling of the silk. False in the cocoon the silkworm changes into pupa.