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What do silkworms mostly eat?
caterpillars mainly feed on mulberry leaves
What plant does the silkworm eat?
Silkworms are the larvae of any number of species of moths, collectively called Silk Moths. The species used for nearly all commercial silk is Bombyx mori. and they are highly "host specific" meaning the organism (the symbiont) depends upon one particular species of plants, animal, or insect for its host, and they will only eat Mullberry leaves.
Which leaves form the diet of the silkworm?
The silkworm feeds mainly on the leaves of the mulberry tree. Silk growers provide their charges with fresh leaves daily to keep them growing and happy.
What tree do silk worms live on?
Silk worms are fed on the leaves of the Black Mulberry (Morus nigra)
What eats the mulberry bush?
Silkworms eat the leaves of mulberry bushes
What do Silk worms eat?
All day, Silkworms just eat Mulberry leaves!!!
What is the scientific name for Mulberry?
White Mulberry: Morus albaChinese Mulberry: Morus australisAfrican Mulberry: Morus mesozygiaTexas Mulberry: Morus microphyllaBlack Mulberry: Morus nigraRed Mulberry: Morus rubra
What is the silkworms diet?
Mulberry leaves
How use mulberry leaves whiten your skin?
You can use mulberry leaves whiten your skin. You will just need to pound the leaves and use the sap by applying it to your skin for lightening it.
Do silk worms live in Mulberry trees?
Yes, they do.
What do silkwarms mostly feed on Mulberry leaves or Lettuce leaves?
lettuce
What textile is made from the cocoons of caterpillars that eat the leaves of the mulberry tree?
The textile that is made from the cocoons of caterpillars that eat the leaves of the mulberry tree is silk. It takes about 35 days of eating mulberry leaves before the caterpillar will spin a cocoon of silk.
