Interesting Facts About Silkworm

for Kids

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Here are a few amazing facts about silkworm for kids:

Interesting Facts About Silkworm for Kids #1: Silkworm

cultivation began 5000 years ago. Silk production is known as

sericulture.

According to Confucius, it was in 2640 B.C. that the Chinese princess

Xi Ling Shi was the first to reel a cocoon of silk which, legend also

has it, had dropped into her cup of tea. From that historic moment,

the Chinese discovered the life cycle of the silk worm and for the

next 3000 years were to keep their monopoly of silk. Most silkworm

farms today exist in Japan, India, the USSR, Korea and Brazil. Silk

is still produced in smaller quantities in many other countries, and

several developing countries are studying new sericultural projects.

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Interesting Facts About Silkworm for Kids #2: Silkworm eats

mulberry leaves.

Mulberry leaves are the primary food for silkworms. In silk farms

(where most silkworms live) they are fed chopped mulberry leaves,

constantly.

Interesting Facts About Silkworm for Kids #3: It takes at

least 2 days for a silkworm to complete its cocoon.

Silkworms work constantly to create the layers of their cocoons. It

takes about two days for them to complete their job.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pl_yOF7Yqw

Interesting Facts About Silkworm for Kids #4: One silkworm

cocoon is made of a single, unbroken thread about 914 meters

long.

Silkworms create silk in their cocoons. They create a thread that is

nearly 3000 feet long. It takes approximately 3,000 cocoons to

produce half a kilo of silk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDwU-

xCDOTU

Interesting Facts About Silkworm for Kids #5: Silkworms are

no longer found in the wild.

All silkworms today live in captivity in a silkworm farm. The silk

industry is valued at about $200 to $500 million annually.

Interesting Facts About Silkworm for Kids #6: Silkworm moths

lay about 300 to 500 eggs

Silkworms will lay between 300 to 500 eggs. Silkworm farmers will

place them in an incubator for about 20 days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8YRTa2EEwE

Interesting Facts About Silkworm for Kids #7: Silk Is A Good

Insulator

Silk is a natural insulator. Depending on the temperature, silk

duvets either draw heat away from the body, or traps in the warmth.

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