Which fabric is made by worms?
Silk is a protein fiber made by silk worms and is the only natural fiber that is a filament fiber. Originally, it was believed that an ancient Chinese princess was the first to discover the process for manufacturing silk fabric from the filament fiber produced by silk worms.
There's no getting around this: Silkworms die to produce silk. There are different types of silk, but the variety we generally refer to when we talk about silk—the one used for stunning saris or flowy dresses—comes from the mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori.
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19 Comments
Denise Currie
Actually a Silkworm is technically not a worm but a moth caterpillar, so apart from being a repeat question it is also wrong
Keith Richard Mears
The silkworm is not actually a worm, it is a caterpillar.
Stephen W. Gerrard
I could be wrong, but I believe the silkworms makes silk threads and humans weave it into fabric.
JRW
Stephen W. Gerrard, then again you could be right!
Irene Townsend
Repeated question with the same answer and the same comments about technically not been a worm
Shirley Dutt
My grandmother grew up in Italy and they had Milberg trees on the property where they raised silk worms. They sold it in Venice, 32 kilometers from their home.
Char
Char, moths
Char
Lane Mark S, now that's good news
Char
I always wondered who figured that out about the poor worms.
Patrick T
Silk is NOT made by worms. They may be called silk worms but they are actially caterpillars.
dmarkc
Shirley A. Fagan Roggen, missed one step. The single strands (6-8) are twisted into thread, which is then loomed into fabric.
John W Shreve
Shirley A. Fagan Roggen, So should we call them "strand worms?"
Louella Wilson
Vikram Mangaldas Ahiwale, I remember a primary school class where we kept silk worms. Perhaps one of the things that led to my interest in nature's wonders.
John W Shreve
James Webb, In Vietnam I had a jacket made from parachute silk. Couldn't wear it until I got back to the world. Too hot.
Julie Allen
Shirley A. Fagan Roggen, Silk worms are not worms.
fdeisner
Spiders produce silk from structures called spinnerets, which are glands at the base of their abdomens.
Glenn_Excel_man
Lane Mark S, no, they boil the coccons to extract the silk, and so 6600 silkworms die per kilo of silk produced.