what are the two types of silk

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The two types of silks are cultivated silk and wild silk. Generally these are known as natural silk and artificial silk respectively.
Cultivated silk is the finest silk obtained from the mulberry silkworm, grown in a controlled environment.
Wild silks are produced by caterpillars. But, its production is always lesser than the cultivated silks

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