Can you keep silkworms as pets?

If you've been looking for an interesting summertime project for your family, you should consider keeping silkworms as pets. Not only are silkworms easy to raise, but they also quickly mature into moths and fly away.
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How do you keep silkworms alive?

Silkworms must be kept in a warm, dry environment. For optimal growth keep your silkworm's in range of 70-85F. Upon arrival, open any deli cups/petri dishes that contain live silkworms. Empty the silkworms into a plastic box, or one of our silkworm keepers for best results.
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Can you raise silkworms?

There are several ways to make it work, but the most common way to raise silkworms is in trays where they will grow and feed. The key is to ensure the larvae remain in warm and dry conditions with good ventilation. 25 - 31°C (78 - 88° F) is the ideal temperature range for these insects.
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Are silkworms easy to take care of?

Silkworms are also easy to care for and long lived if kept appropriately. Make sure the food does not dry out, or else they will not be able to consume it. A small spray of water can help keep humidity up, but do not allow silkworms to come in contact with standing water.
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How much does a silkworm cost?

Cost and availability

Silkworms are usually available in the school playground from spring onwards. Other sources include school science supply catalogues, pet shops or advertising in the local paper. Prices range from nothing to 10 worms for $2. At least 10 – 15 silkworms are needed to start a collection.
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Do silk worms bite?

Silkworms do not bite, sting, or do anything harmful if held. Silkworm eggs are available year-round as they are farm raised.
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What can I feed my silkworms?

For food, silkworms only eat mulberry leaves. You can feed them fresh leaves or our prepared mulberry food. The housing part is easy. Any cardboard box or plastic container will do fine.
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Do silk worms turn into butterflies?

The silkworm spins itself in a silk cocoon, made of one single thread that may be nearly a mile long, about the size of a cotton ball. Within the cocoon, if the process is allowed to complete itself, the worm is changing into a moth and will emerge as an adult one to two weeks after entering the cocoon.
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Do silkworms smell?

Silkworms have no sense of smell.
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Do silkworms feel pain?

Silkworms aren't very different from the earthworms found in our backyards. They're insects who feel pain—just as all animals do.
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Do silkworms turn into moths?

When a silkworm has eaten enough, it constructs a cocoon made out of silk fibers, and inside that cocoon it turns into a pupa. After many days, a fully formed adult silkworm moth emerges through a spit-soaked opening in the bottom of a cocoon.
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Do silkworms pee?

Each moth will "urinate" a reddish-brown fluid shortly after emerging from the cocoon. It dries to look like blood.
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Can you buy silkworms?

When you're looking for pet silkworms, check out silkworm egg suppliers like Mulberry Farms. By ordering from a reputable supplier, you can be sure that your eggs will hatch, and someone will be just a phone call away if you have a silkworm catastrophe.
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How long until silkworms turn into moths?

It is inside this pupa that the humble silkworm will miraculously transform into an adult moth. Once your silkworms have formed the cocoons all food can be removed as they will not need to eat again. Approximately 10-28 days after forming the cocoon, the adult silk moth will be ready to emerge.
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How much does a silkworm eat daily?

Small Silkworms do not eat as much as older worms. Leaves should be added at least once per day. Ideally, give leaves two-three times per day when the Silkworms reach full size. Feed them once in the morning, once at midday, and once in the evening (if it's a hot day and leaves wilt, swap them around more frequently).
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What is the lifespan of a silkworm?

How long does a silkworm take to complete its life cycle? The silkworm's life cycle is approximately 6-8 weeks long. The silkworm's life cycle begins when the female silk moth produces eggs.
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Why are all silkworms not killed?

Silkworms are killed because of they silk obtained from them. this process is know as sericulture. some are not killed as they are not grown or cultivate in a particular area. As silkworms produce silk therefore all silkworms are not killed.
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Is making silk cruel?

Silk production is very cruel to animals as it destroys hundreds of thousands of sensitive silkworms every year to harvest silk from their cocoons. They are killed in boiling water during their pupal stage to preserve material quality, thread length, and value.
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Do silkworms drink water?

Since silkworms don't drink water, they get their moisture from the leaves so they must be fresh, not dried-out.
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Why are my silkworms turning yellow?

You can tell that they are ready to spin when they stop eating and turn yellowish. The picture below is a silkworm almost finished eating. Its skin looks tight and ready to burst.
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Can silkworms eat lettuce?

Silkworm Feeding

They will not eat wet, bruised or wilted leaves. They can survive on lettuce or beetroot leaves, but a diet of this alone will mean that they don't produce a good quality silk.
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How many brains does a silkworm have?

Needless to say that in this case the brain hormone, enough to stimulate adult differentiation of the recipient, had to be present in the five inserted brains.
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Can silkworms hurt humans?

obliqua caterpillar form is covered in spiny protrusions that carry an extremely potent venom. These spines can easily puncture human skin and release the venom into the body.
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