Paragraph on Sericulture! The rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk is known as sericulture. The Chinese people knew the methods of cultivating silk and preparing cloth from it for more than 2000 years. But the art of sericulture was held by them a very close secret, so much so, that leakage of any information or attempt to [...]
The following points highlight the three main types of metamorphosis in insects. The types are: 1. Ametabolic Metamorphosis 2. Heterometabolic Metamorphosis 3. Holometabolic Metamorphosis. Type # 1. Ametabolic Metamorphosis: In lower insects (Collembola, Thysanura) the young which hatches from an egg is a miniature of the adult and is called a nymph, it differs from the adult in having immature [...]
The below mentioned article provides a paragraph on Phylum Arthropoda. The phylum Arthropoda (Gr., arthros - jointed + podos = foot) is the largest group of the animal kingdom. Phylum Arthropoda surpasses all others both in number of individuals and in the diversity of their ecological distribution. They have undergone an adaptive radiation for aerial, aquatic, terrestrial, and parasitic environments [...]