Usually, a female silkworm lays about 500 to 600 eggs on mulberry leaves before it dies. These silkworm eggs are hatched into ...

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Now, thanks to an enzyme that allows silkworms to break out of their cocoons and fly away as butterflies, she is finally pain-free. 'For years, I took strong prescription painkillers and had ...

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Peregrine raises the silkworms herself in her home. The silk is harvested from the cocoons of silkworms, which can be bought at most pet stores, Peregrine said. "The silkworm makes a cocoon ...