The worm backs out of the ring, forming a cocoon. As it passes through this cocoon, eggs from the female pore are picked up ...

Craftspeople feed the silkworms every four hours so they spin brilliantly yellow cocoons. And turning those cocoons into silk is even more delicate work. In the 2010s, as cheaper, fake silk ...

Earthworms hatch from egg cases that look like tiny lemons. Young worms hatch from their cocoons in three weeks to five months, and they’ll stay put if the soil or weather conditions are bad.

Usually, once the worm has spun the cocoon, which is later used to make yarn for silk, it is dropped in water and killed so that the yarn is continuous. In the ahimsa variety, the silkworm is ...