Silkworm diseases....

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https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/sericulture/disese mgt_silkworm.html

"Pébrine, or "pepper disease," is a disease of silkworms, which is caused by protozoan microsporidian parasites, mainly Nosema bombycis and, to a lesser extent, Vairimorpha, Pleistophora and Thelohania species. The parasites infect eggs and are therefore transmitted to the next generation"...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pébrine

"Flacherie (literally: "flaccidness") is a disease of silkworms, caused by silkworms eating infected or contaminated mulberry leaves. Flacherie infected silkworms look weak and can die from this disease. Silkworm larvae that are about to die from Flacherie are a dark brown"...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flacherie

"Grasserie is caused by a virus called Borrelina. It is infectious through contact with the effluent from the sick worms, and it can be spread through the skin of the silkworms and through ingestion of contaminated food"...
http://www.wormspit.com/grasserie.htm

"When suffering from white muscardine, an insect larva may become inactive and stop eating. The elasticity of its cuticle is lost and it may experience vomiting and diarrhea. As it dies it hardens"...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscardine
 
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