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my silkies raised on chow actually didn't bother with fall leaves... it's just not as enticing as spring leaves.

yeah I have them also in my front and back yard.. the birds planted them there.. also in my neighbhor's yards too! Always a few on every block.

that is pretty good. So you thaw them and grind them to smaller pieces?? They don't get soggy on you? I have never tried that...

Did you have a lot of success rearing kegos on old leaves??? Wow, that is pretty good. I used to wake up at at least once or even twice to pick young tenderlings.. and brush the kegos.

They hatch because they retain traits of their parent hybrids, which, some lay eggs to hatch, some requires cold storage. So, storing them for 2 months+ will give you a much higher yield. 1 month may not be enough. It only gave me 50% .Two months + gave me 100% hatch. Good luck!

You may be surprised that there are more bushes than trees. Don't just look for trees! It is hard to find with a novice eye. But once you know how to locate it, you will see them even when you are not looking for one. They grow like weeds.

they are all the same, just phenotypically carrying a colored gene. Most of these color genes are from warmer part of the climates and tend to be more robust than reg whites. I am now offering free eggs.

hahah.. you might as well call it poop. It is cocoonaise that helps soften the silk. But when they get agitated they do that too. They spray! :) The cocoon should have emerged pretty soon after. Sometimes you may need to help it out by cutting away the silk.

Some ppl use nets and canvas. Some don't. It's up to you. During 1st and 2nd instar I don't use anything. I let it dry out. After they are 3/4 I do use a canvas. You can see picture of the cocooning kit which has a canvas on my website. ladysilkworm.weebly.com. THey should grow 3/4 by 10...

Dry 1/2lb pack of silkworm chow sold for $11.. get 100 free READY to hatch eggs. Comes straight out of cold storage and hatch within 10 days of arrival if kept at 78 degrees. Dry pack makes 2 lbs of wet chow. Please go directly to my website。。 can I　list my website here?? **********...

Not all eggs will hatch at once, if you dont' control them the certain way. WIth 50 eggs, they will probably take 2-3 days spread to hatch and you will have staggard growth.. I would hatch 100 at a time.. esp if you have babies to feed too!

hmm...there really is NO exact science to this method... what I do is no diff than what I did as a 10 yo.. instead of shoebox I use plastic container, with no cover. I pick out the mature worms and place them in my cocooning kit (you can see pictures on my website too) and everything gets even...

just www.ladysilkworm.com! Special pricing for the color chow for this forum, only $5. It came straight from China and cannot be opened and resold.

oh, about the silkworms breathing through the spiracles on the sides, that is true, they can easily suffocate if overcrowded, burried in frass/food.. .. if there is humidity build up in your container, they can easily 'drown'. You don't see a lot of water, but with frass, silk, and moisture...

I had NO Idea that the author is lele.. we've had several email exchanges. Yes, that is all very good info. When I raised them at age 10, I really just used a shoebox. But that was back in Asia, everyone kid raised silkworms as pets and for school. I carried it every where I went, even when...

You can do a search on this forum. Lots of info there. Breeding them are very easy. I did it successful as a 10 yr old. Started with 8 one inchers and ended up with thousands in shoe box...:D

sorry, she wrote that she didnt want to give them away anymroe.. please do not email.

[email protected] is trimming her mulberry tree and giving away FREE lleaves (FL).. you pay shipping.

Oh, depending on where you live, you may end up paying $19.50 or $20.50 thanks to shipping. But if you have a problem with $20.50.. just send me an email and I'll refund it. No biggie. VERY LIMITED SUPPLIES AT THIS POINT> SOLD A LOT OF THEM AT A LOCAL EXPO.

many years ago I bought an egg sac and threw them out in the bushes hoping that they'd finish off the aphids on my roses... not too long after I saw one GIANT praying mantis, and never ever saw one again prior to or after that.... good to think that it did indeed hatch!, right?