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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.

Silkworm

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

insectverse

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Paula Goldsmith

Date: 7/2/2025 2:26:00 PM

Love this creative write and picture. Great information... "Good Luck" Have a fun day writing away..........

Sara Kendrick
Date: 7/2/2025 4:16:00 PM

Well, I did not get to do much writing, but I have an idea going on in my head. Sara K

Jennifer Proxenos

Date: 6/29/2025 2:50:00 AM

Shame, so true a story, such an involved life cycle to life for hours only. At school it was a craze to keep silkworms. The same LIFE SPAN with flying ants - good luck in the contest. Love and hugs, Jennifer.

Sara Kendrick
Date: 6/29/2025 4:51:00 AM

Jennifer, they say in the countries where the silkworm (a moth especially bred to make the silk in captivity) is kept that they boil the silk cocoon while the insect is still alive and inside then the people will eat them or fry them up and eat them. I am guessing that they have to let part of them go through the whole lifecycle so that they will continue to be silkworms. Thanks for the visit and the nice review. Sara K

Howard Kerr

Date: 6/28/2025 12:26:00 AM

Sara, Hats off to you on your monumental achievement with an exquisite vignette. Howard

Sara Kendrick
Date: 6/28/2025 1:35:00 AM

Why, thank you, Howard. I appreciate the high praise. Sara K

Len Gasun

Date: 6/27/2025 11:05:00 PM

Congrats on your well-deserved first place win and this beautiful, creative vignette my dear poet friend Sara! So grateful to read it. Thanks a lot for sharing. More blessings. Hugs

Sara Kendrick
Date: 6/28/2025 1:34:00 AM

Thank you for the blessings, Len. I appreciate the visit also with congrats. Sara K

Nette Onclaud

Date: 6/26/2025 5:54:00 PM

the stages of pained evolution before it transforma into a beauty... exquisite, sara as i thank you, congratulate you for joining my contest!

Sara Kendrick
Date: 6/27/2025 11:45:00 AM

Thank you, Nette, for the honor of being on the winners' list. I appreciate you reading it, finding it worthy to be there and then giving me such a nice comment. Sara K

David Crandall

Date: 6/26/2025 10:48:00 AM

I never thought of it this way, another animal exploited by man!

Sara Kendrick
Date: 6/27/2025 11:44:00 AM

Yes, sometimes we don't think about it from the insect or animal's point of view. Thanks for the kind review. Sara K

Ink Empress

Date: 6/26/2025 9:11:00 AM

How sad and deeply moving is this dear sara, life cycle of a silkworm i see through your well written words. Felt this so strongly! I hope the weather is nice where you are at and you are doing well! And your computer is now back working well for you! Pleasure visiting you today! Sending you light always

Sara Kendrick
Date: 6/27/2025 11:42:00 AM

IE, well, we got a deluge of rain Wednesday night which flooded the play porch and the basement. I hope to get someone in today to give me a price on getting the work done since I am no longer able to get it done myself. A few months or a year or two at my age makes the biggest difference. Sara K

Sotto Poet

Date: 6/26/2025 6:51:00 AM

Congratulations on your contest top win, with this outstanding poem dear Sara,

Sara Kendrick
Date: 6/27/2025 11:39:00 AM

Why, thank you, Lasaad. I appreciate the visit with congratulations. Sara K

Charles Messina

Date: 6/26/2025 4:29:00 AM

Nice work on your creative write, Sara! Best wishes in the contest! ~Charlie

Sara Kendrick
Date: 6/27/2025 11:37:00 AM

Thank you, Charles. I appreciate the visit and nice review of my work. Sara K

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 6/25/2025 8:51:00 AM

- It must sacrifice its life... for its silk threads, Sara ... sad but true - Best wishes in the contest :) - hugs

Sara Kendrick
Date: 6/25/2025 1:13:00 PM

Sad, Anne-Lise, that it is that valuable. Cotton is from a plant and can be used for clothes so why the silk. Sara K

Hiya Sharma

Date: 6/25/2025 7:10:00 AM

That is somehow melancholic and sad, precious silk being extracted ~ while the life of a silkworm lost in the abyss. You've cleverly portrayed that in a few words, dear Sara. Wonderfully done for the contest, I particularly loved that last line, it's so deep and poignant "with an enormous hunger hatched to die"... best wishes for the contest and sending light to you always.

Sara Kendrick
Date: 6/25/2025 8:39:00 AM

Now that I think about it, Hiya, that is the way life is for some humans. I appreciate the nice review of my work. I hope this is a great day for you. Sara K

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