During which stage of the silkworm's life cycle do we obtain silk?

• The process of silk production is known as sericulture.

• The entire production process of silk can be divided into several steps which are typically handled by different entities.

• Extracting raw silk starts by cultivating the silkworms on mulberry leaves. 

• Once the worms start pupating in their cocoons, these are dissolved in boiling water in order for individual long fibres to be extracted and fed into the spinning reel.