For most part, it is the people from oriental countries eating silkworms on daily basis. This costume has been brought to other countries around the world.
Silkworms shed their skin about 3-4 times, so if your worms aren't eating and are sitting still with their heads raised in the air, they are getting reading to shed!
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what do silkworms do in winter
silkworms eat mulberry leaves
my silkworms just did the same!
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Because the jasmine-scented chemical emitted by mulberry leaves is toxic to most other insects, silkworms face less competition for food. The reason for attraction of silkworms to this chemical is still under investigation by scientists.
Apparently yes, silkworms can/will eat beetroot leaves but not if they have already been eating mulberry leaves. But this is hearsay for me. I have raised them on lettuce leaves from start to finish, however.
Silkworms can grow to 3 inches in length. Silkworms go through four stages of development. silkworms grow as much as they eat.
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Spring Silkworms was created in 1956.
Spring Silkworms - film - was created in 1933.