After breeding, rearing, and harvesting silkworms, Sevda Eren sells silk to earn a living. “The state should support us to make our labor visible,” she says.
For a different kind of moth larva, we put them in a cooler below 40°F for a day, and then remove them and put them under heat lamps. This resets their maturation process and they just crawl out of their cocoons and go back to wandering around like they're high. This is probably one of the most advanced techniques that happens at my work.
There's got to be an economical way to open up silkworm cocoons.
For a different kind of moth larva, we put them in a cooler below 40°F for a day, and then remove them and put them under heat lamps. This resets their maturation process and they just crawl out of their cocoons and go back to wandering around like they're high. This is probably one of the most advanced techniques that happens at my work.
There's got to be an economical way to open up silkworm cocoons.