SILK production is one of the most important industries in most of the warmer parts of the world; but the mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori, still supplies by far the largest proportion of this ...

But why is it so expensive? Silk is the product of the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori. The caterpillars eat constantly. They're fed mulberry leaves five times a day. After 45 days of munching ...

From these eggs will hatch tiny silkworms, caterpillars of the domesticated silk moth Bombyx mori, which will then set to chomping down on mulberry leaves and preparing themselves for the demanding ...

Silkworm cocoons (Bombyx mori) allow some gases that are harmful to the development of the larva, such as CO₂, to leave the cocoon structure both quickly and steadily. However, other non ...

Out of curiosity, she raised her own batch of Bombyx mori, the world’s foremost species of domesticated silkworm. When the white caterpillars, “like fat puppies,” disappeared into their ...