Silkworms eat mulberry leaves. The white mulberry tree, native to China, is the preferred food source.
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Silk worms.
A Silk worm
A silk worm
A Silk worm
It is the mulberry. Mulberry and fig trees are both of the family Moraceae. The mulberry is also the staple diet of the silk worm.
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Samuel Whitmarsh has written: 'Eight years experience and observation in the culture of the mulberry tree, and in the care of the silk worm' -- subject(s): Mulberry, Oratory, Sericulture
Caterpillars have leaf preferences. A silk worm caterpillar likes early season mulberry leaves land then goes into a cocoon. They live as a "worm" just a short while.
Silk worms like Mulberry leaves. When they grow bigger, they eat more. Don't worry if they don't eat them at first. They're so small, that you can't even tell. If you want to learn more about silk worms, read the book "Project Mulberry". Don't worry that it's a childeren's book. Just read the silk worm part.
White Mulberry: Morus albaChinese Mulberry: Morus australisAfrican Mulberry: Morus mesozygiaTexas Mulberry: Morus microphyllaBlack Mulberry: Morus nigraRed Mulberry: Morus rubra
Henry Barham has written: 'An essay upon the silk-worm' -- subject(s): Early works to 1800, Silkworms, Sericulture, Mulberry, History
Silkworms only thrive on the leaves of the mullberry tree.
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