To be even more specific, silk fibers are found in the cocoons of these moth larvae. The larvae make cocoons to grow in before they pupate and emerge as moths. These cocoons are each made of one long silk fiber that the larvae produce using their saliva. On average, a strand of silk from a cocoon ranges anywhere between 300 to 900 meters long.

12/08/2019 · The earliest evidence of silk was found at the sites of Yangshao culture in Xia County, Shanxi, where a silk cocoon was found cut in half by a sharp knife, dating back to between 4000 and 3000 BC. The species was identified as Bombyx mori, the domesticated silkworm. When was silk invented in ancient China? 2696 BC. Who first discovered silk?

07/02/2012 · In Asia, silkworm farms with thousands of these 3-inch worms produce the silk from the cocoons. Spiders are another source of silk. Yes, …

The Silk Road began in north-central China in Xi’an (in modern Shaanxi province). A caravan track stretched west along the Great Wall of China, across the Pamirs, through Afghanistan, and into the Levant and Anatolia. Its length was about 4,000 miles (more than 6,400 km).

17/12/2012 · silk was first found in china. when the Europeans went to China they saw the silk witch was made by the Chinease and they wanted the …