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Several insects exist that produce silk. The most
diffused has been the worm silk for 4.000 years. The larva of the
silk worm – Bombix Mori – is born from the eggs which open
in spring, sheds for three or four times, then spins the cocoon where
it undergoes metamorphosis. Then it becomes a chrysalis and then a
butterfly. The silk worm produces hundreds meters long thread, several
times folded on itself and made rigid by dried silk glue. San Leucio
used the silk worms grown by the farmers living in the area of Caserta
and Naples and produced between the last week in May and the first
two weeks in June. The cocoons were put in places warmed by ovens
and stoves where the chrysalis was suffocated and dried. Lastly, the
cocoons were selected and cleaned.
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Virtual tour in San Leucio |
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