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Hehe! Nah, you're not weird for liking silkworms! They are fascinating creatures all on their own. I really love caterpillars, and that love brought me to the silkworms. Raising silkworms has led me down a path of learning about moths in general and taught me to appreciate them.

Hi MissSkittles! Thank you for your reply. I don't have a chameleon, I just raise silkworms. I've been a member here for years because this site is a great resource for learning to care for them and find other people who have silkworms. Hehe, I've been lucky most of the times where I end up...

Hi, ok so this is probably an unusual request. I'm looking to buy any newly-cocooned silkworms who have started that process around the 19th of January or so. The reason is because I bought a small group of silkworms of which most members were shedding and cocooning at the same time, except one...

Mine prefer the toilet paper rolls the way you have placed them. Some of them choose different places even when the rolls are available. I usually have these in a separate box and move those who have entered the pre pupal stage when the moment arrives. As for temperature, well I'm in Canada so...

Yeah, I read that the conditions the mother experienced while in her egg determines whether or not her eggs go into diapause. If the eggs turn black after three days they are in diapause and require cold storage. However if they don't go dark in a few days, they may be non-diapausing and...

Oops, sorry I forgot to answer about the container size. To that I would say it depends on how many silkworms you intend to hatch. When they are in the first three instars, the containers don't have to be very big, however once you get into the last two instars, they'll need more space...

Well the reason that some eggs don't go into diapause while others do has to do with the strain of silkworms we use. There are some that are univoltine, meaning one brood per year, so they always have diapause eggs thinking that the eggs will have to overwinter. There are also bivoltine and...

Here's one of the diapaused eggs just before hatching. Notice the color difference between this and the above.

It's ok to breed silkworms without prior experience, everyone begins that way. I'd just say that it is important to learn as much as you can about the process as you can so that you are well prepared. Well I've seen it only on eggs that do not go into diapause. Also, I am using a video...

Hi, so I just felt like adding my two cents here. I've been raising silkworms since 2020. I've also read alot about the topic. Mating can be from several hours to about a day. I've seen both. I've read that a female can give between 300 - 500 eggs, although other sources have cited different...

What are you going to do with them?

The egg in your last picture doesn't look good, either. I wouldn't "keep them cool", they need at least room temperature to hatch. I don't think they're going to hatch seeing as how there's not even one baby after over a month. I'm sorry 😢

Hi. Often silkworm eggs go into diapause during winter, but sometimes they don't go into diapause at all and just develop and hatch. It's determined by the conditions the female experienced when she was an egg. It is a normal occurrence and when it happened to me the first time, I didn't expect...

Hello everyone. I am hoping that you guys can point me in the right direction of a supplier who ships silkworm chow to Canada. I'm getting fed-up of the unreliability of the local pet shops. Too often they haven't got any in stock. I figured I'd try to get the powder and mix it myself. I...

I wish you lots of luck.