How do you keep your silks at the right temp?

[Cmoore]

Well - first night and I blew it! Knowing that my house was going to be around 60 during the night, I thought I would put the silkworms that I just got in the mail yesterday on top of my crested's night light dome cover. I didn't put it directly over the bulb part, but any event this morning when I was misting I check it out and the container was very warm and full of condensation. I opened the lid and I saw quite a bit of wiggling so I thought it was o.k. I ran home at lunch after reading condensation is bad - leads to mold to get the lid off, and most of them appeared to be dead. So for future reference - how do you keep these guys warm without cooking them?

 

[Trillian]

Mine are just in a kitchen cupboard and seem to be thriving. Our house rarely gets below 65F at the moment, not sure how it will be as we get into winter though.

 

[carol5208]

my house is pretty much AC'd year round so my house is like 74 degrees. They do great at this temperature.

 

[RealIzeRecognIze]

Can you set them a little further away from the bulb and monitor the temp til you get it just right?

 

[Panthergirl11]

I left mine at room temp and they did just fine.