What does baby silkworm eat

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April to May is a good time to raise silkworms. Let the children participate in the process of raising silkworms, from silkworm ants - silkworm babies - cocooning - silkworm moths, full of expectations - collecting mulberry leaves everywhere - spinning silk cocooning - breaking out of cocoons. It's just from the beginning of raising silkworms that they can experience the flexibility of life. What do silkworms eat?

What does baby silkworm eat

First: from silkworm ant to silkworm baby: suitable temperature: 20-25 ℃, time: 2-3 days. Collect ants: small silkworms will come out of the eggshell like ants and collect them to the tender leaves with very light gestures. Attention: silkworm eggs should be kept away from light during hatching.

Second: feeding silkworm: Silkworm's life habits are: sleep when you are full, eat when you wake up; living environment: plastic or wooden flat box, precautions: mulberry leaves should be fresh, you can also collect a plastic bag each time, use several pieces every day, and sprinkle some water to keep fresh in the refrigerator. There will be some dust in the leaves, which can be washed and dried. Otherwise, small silkworms or big silkworms will have diarrhea.

Third: silkworms spin silk cocoon: molting: after a peeling, is the second instar larvae, larvae off a skin even if the increase of one year, a total of four times to peel. Cocooning: after 4 times molting, 7-8 days later, no longer eat mulberry leaves, the body began to shine, then began to find the right place to start cocooning. Note: put some supporting things in the sericulture box to help the silkworm make cocoons.

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Silkworm excrement, also known as silkworm excrement, has the effects of treating dampness, itching, fire, wind dampness, and eyesight. Many old people dry it in the sun and make it into a pillow for the newborn to sleep on.