Silkworm

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The life cycle of the silkworm. | Download Scientific Diagram Mated in captivity, killed in the cocoon stage to get the silk. Sad isn't it.

Visions Of A Vignette Contest by Nette Onclaud, date written: 06-22 silkworm comes from an egg of a silk moth then it is a larvae with an enormous hunger hatched to die

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Sam Kauffman

Date: 6/23/2025 1:26:00 PM

Poignant and sad as the larvae give themselves for precious silk. So well done, Sara! I think there is a stunning lesson in your words. Best wishes for the contest! Blessings and prayers.

Sara Kendrick
Date: 6/23/2025 2:18:00 PM

Thank you, Sam. We need all the prayers that we can get to handle the situation we are in. Sara K

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 6/23/2025 11:50:00 AM

Interesting fact about that silkworm, Sara.

Sara Kendrick
Date: 6/23/2025 2:17:00 PM

Thank you, Andrea, for the nice review. I never knew until I looked it up that they had to kill the silkworm inside the cocoon to get the silk thread. Sara K

Constance La France

Date: 6/22/2025 8:17:00 PM

Sara, yes it is sad !

Sara Kendrick
Date: 6/23/2025 2:52:00 AM

Thank you, Constance. There are some things that have been done to make it more humane (if you could call it that). Sara K

Kim Rodrigues

Date: 6/22/2025 8:05:00 PM

Wow! Informative…I didn’t know!

Sara Kendrick
Date: 6/23/2025 2:51:00 AM

I am glad it offered a lesson about the silkworm, Kim. I learned about it as well. Sara K