Accidental Silkworm breeding project

[NERVOUS]

I pupated some Silkworms a couple weeks ago with intentions of using the moths as feeders, but this morning I found this:

Mating Silkworm Moths

• NERVOUS
• Apr 9, 2016
• 1

Apparently, I'm going to breed Silkworms now!

 

[jpowell86]

Might as well!!!

 

[nightanole]

Put Her in a paper towel roll or you will be picking eggs off of EVERYTHING. And if you didnt know, yellow = duds, blues/greys = healthy babies.

 

[NERVOUS]

Put Her in a paper towel roll or you will be picking eggs off of EVERYTHING. And if you didnt know, yellow = duds, blues/greys = healthy babies.

Which one is 'her'?

 

[jpowell86]

It's the large moth on the right!

 

[NERVOUS]

Put Her in a paper towel roll or you will be picking eggs off of EVERYTHING. And if you didnt know, yellow = duds, blues/greys = healthy babies.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by 'put her in a paper towel roll'... Can you elaborate a bit?

 

[Veild Cham Owner]

I'm not sure I understand what you mean by 'put her in a paper towel roll'... Can you elaborate a bit?

I think that person is trying to say is keep your moth inside a paper towel roll and close the sides so she will just be laying eggs in that one space. Not sure tho.

 

[nightanole]

I think that person is trying to say is keep your moth inside a paper towel roll and close the sides so she will just be laying eggs in that one space. Not sure tho.

Yup. She is going to fire out about enough eggs to cover a postage stamp. And they are going to be glued to whatever she lays them on. I either put them in a box full of tissue paper or paper towels (so i can just tear pieces off) or put her in a paper towel roll and seal the ends so she cant get out.

 

[NERVOUS]

We have eggs - LOTS of them! It's awesome to watch this process unfold... Nature is truly amazing!

Silkworm eggs

• NERVOUS
• Apr 10, 2016
• 1

DISCLAIMER: Yes, I'm using the term 'nature' loosely here.

 

[Virgil1972]

Wow I thought it would have taken longer for the moth to lay her eggs.

 

[jpowell86]

Awesome!!!

 

[NERVOUS]

Wow I thought it would have taken longer for the moth to lay her eggs.

She started laying eggs as soon as I isolated her from the 3 males she's currently being housed with; which leads me to believe they were ganging up on her - Poor little thing!

I estimate there are roughly 250 - 300 eggs in total!

From what I've read, she's probably done laying eggs now... So, I'll introduce her to my Cham tomorrow - "Nom, nom, nom!"

 

[Virgil1972]

Thats a lot of worms.

 

[gotwqqd]

Put on a paper towel or toilet paper roller standing on end
The eggs will be laid in a nice compact circle

 

[NERVOUS]

More Silkworm moths hatched... And now this is what's going on in my little accidental Silkworm breeding project!

More Silkworm moths breeding

• NERVOUS
• Apr 11, 2016

 

[Virgil1972]

You might not have to ever buy another silkworm.

 

[Matt Vanilla Gorilla]

More Silkworm moths hatched... And now this is what's going on in my little accidental Silkworm breeding project!

More Silkworm moths breeding

• NERVOUS
• Apr 11, 2016

Way to go buddy! You are well on your way to change your name to Mr. Nick Barta!

 

[NERVOUS]

Way to go buddy! You are well on your way to change your name to Mr. Nick Barta!

The only difference is I'm pretty sure @nick barta does his breeding deliberately, whereas my breeding is still happening accidentally - Laugh!

 

[NERVOUS]

Here's a video of a female Silkworm moth laying eggs...

Silkworm Breeding - Egg laying - YouTube

• NERVOUS
• Apr 11, 2016

Female Silkworm laying eggs.

 

[trickedoutbiker]

Now you got me interested in silks. I was thinking real hard about em but SOOOO many people say they are hard to take care of and die off easily. Now how do the eggs go about hatching? Don't you have to chill them in a fridge and give them a tad bit of humidity for a while before you can hatch em out? How's that work? Neat little moths for sure.