Horizontal vs. Vertical cocooning
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seanUTD
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horizontally
Why thank you... I had hoped I set it up right
Hopefully soon I'll have 50 big cocoons and a month from now... 50 mating moths... Another question... What is the incubation needed for the cocoons... Do they require a specific temperature or can they just sit in a sweater box as they change...?
Why thank you... I had hoped I set it up right
I just leave them out at room temperature. make sure that they get kinda of a day night cycle. I set mine close to a window they always seem to hatch out of there cocoons in the morning. just a little thing I have noticed.
wsidepinoy
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lol mine never hatched when they cocooned...sat in their cocoons for about 2 months before i decided to toss em..
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
I dont find it matters if the tubes/cocoons are vertical, horizontal or diagonal. Try not to mess with them too much, and I think a day night temp change is helpful
wasnt aware that light was a factor, but mine have always been in a place where the day night light cycle would have been noticable too
wasnt aware that light was a factor, but mine have always been in a place where the day night light cycle would have been noticable too
seanUTD
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So right now I have them on an old piece of equipment that incubates the cage to an ambient +10 degrees over what the room is... SO about 85 in the day... Sometimes higher because I leave the AC off and open the windows... For that I open the lid on the rearing box to vent the heating air... And about 78 at night when I DO have the AC on.... SO my house temps are anywhere from 75 to 80 degrees in the day time and 65 to 70 at night... Since they are mostly grown now and ready to cocoon do I even need the under heater for them or can I just turn it off during the day?
d3s5
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I have raised about 500 silkworms from egg to moth and the moths are laying eggs. My "bug room" temperature ranges from 75 to 80. I only put the eggs in an incubator at 89 degrees until they hatched and grew for about another 10 days. Then I transferred them to another container and left them at room temperature. They all have done very well although sometimes I have to assist a few in getting out of their cocoons. Seems like mostly the females get stuck. And if the eggs that the moths lay are not refrigerated pretty much as soon as they turn dark, they hatch. That's been my experience anyway.
I never heat them from egg to moth they seem stronger that way and I have tryed the no day night cycle thing with the cocoons and they never hatched so now I make sure they are close or by a window.
and I have tryed the no day night cycle thing with the cocoons and they never hatched so now I make sure they are close or by a window.
suzi
Avid Member
I also leave my eggs at room temp, between 72 in the morning to 80. I have them in a large cricket keeper with the toilet paper tubes horizontal and cut in 1/2. My night temps are between 65 and 70 I have not had any problems with them. I have never given them any special heating or lighting. Lights go at at night. I am excited for you! Good luck
Citizen Snips
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How can you afford to feed your silkworms? I want to do this, but I looked at the price for "chow" and laughed. Do you have a mulberry tree or a money tree?
seanUTD
New Member
Lucky that my fiancé's mom has two giant mulberry trees... I don't like the chow honestly... They really didn't grow NEAR as fast as when I put the leaves in IMHO
