Insect and Mankind 4

What is the first country produces silk?

• France

• Russia

• China

• Thailand

What is silkworm?

• A kind of moth

• Bombyx mori

• A kind of butterfly

• Larve are white

• Produce silk when pupation

How to rear silkworm?

• Provide mulberry leaves

• Provide cabbage leaves

• Put larvae on mulberry trees

• Spray water on larvae

What are the process to obtain silk from cocoons?

• Collect the cocoons of silkworm

• Weighting the cocoons

• Dip cocoons into hot water

• Use iron bar to remove silk from cocoons

How to obtain lac from culturing lac insects?

• Culture lac insects on host trees

• Take care the trees until lac insects secretions cover the tree branches

• Cut down and collect the tree branches

• Use chemicals to dissolve the lac from collected material

Please select all edible insects

• Beetles

• Caterpillar

• Bees

• Grasshopper

• Ants

What are the benefits of eating insects?

• Insects are rich in protein

• Low energy metabolism and loss during insect production (low carbon footprint)

• Insects are highly digestible

• To obtain chitin