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On the bright side, that's a beautiful hornworm.

@Chameleomom; It still came up when I searched the web.

I just had one pupate last night without a cocoon. It did put down silk all around the edges of the container, sticking the towel paper to the bottom of the container. It then crawled under the paper. I thought it was dead until I saw, under magnification, its heartbeat and that it was twitching...

@Spyro I was shocked because the previous generation did not do this. Those eggs turned black and I put them in the fridge. These eggs are not turning black but some have a black spot (probably the Kego's head) showing. I've read about silkworms that have one brood a year and others that have...

Hi I am raising silkworms and just had a surprising thing happen today. The majority of mine are in the cocoons, while others are still caterpillars. Four moths had emerged. The first two (male and female) laid their eggs on the 12th of July. I was waiting for those eggs to turn dark before...

Would they die if you gave both the chow and real mulberry ? I was also wondering where i can order the chow in Canada. Every website that I tried has huge shipping fees, costing more than the chow itself. I'd like to stop relying on the local pet shops as one of them has terrible service and...

Thank you for your answer. I appreciate that you took the time.

So it"s safe to feed them leaves even if they are currently eating chow? I might want to give mine mulberry leaves, if I can find the plants. I just learned that there are some trees in the neighbourhood. I wasn't sure if they could interchange between leaves and chow or they have to stick to...

Usually takes only one mating. Check the container closely as perhaps she did already and you aren't seeing them. I say that because it happened to me. I didn't know she had laid her eggs as they kind of were difficult to distinguish from the towel paper due to the light colour of the eggs. I...

Patapouf and Speedy.

Young Patapouf.

Patapouf before pupa stage.

Threesome.

I guess she had a few left?

Apple and Peanut.

I'm actually experiencing the opposite. My female silkmoth, Patapouf, emerged on Feb 16th so last Sunday. She mated that same day and laid her eggs late in the evening. On Tuesday, a newly hatched male mated her. She laid a second yet smaller batch of eggs. Thursday I had her on my hand and she...