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August 12, 2011
As we prepare to end our summer theme, Moth to Cloth, we can look back to seven successful weeks of caring for silkworms and see that we have raised one complete generation from eggs to adult moths! The moths that are now emerging from their cocoons have been mating and are laying eggs.
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July 22, 2011
As we have worked on Moth to Cloth this summer we have discoverd there are many unique words connected with silk production. We have been using some of these word in our Blog Posts and thought this would be a good time to pause and define some of these terms.Sericulture - The process of...
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July 20, 2011
We have been raising our silkworms for almost four weeks. During this time we have been learning so much as we observe their interesting behaviors. The silkworms definitely prefer the most tender mulberry leaves we can find for them, and as they feed they like to crawl along the mulberry leaf twigs...
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July 15, 2011
So much has happened with our silkworms in one week! Most of our largest silkworms are four and a half weeks old and many of them are in the process of spinning their cocoons. As each silkworm gets ready to spin we carefully place it into the cocoonery. Our cocoonery is composed of many...
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July 5, 2011
During our first week of Moth to Cloth our 125 silk worms grew and grew and grew, eating so many mulberry leaves that it was hard to keep up with them. By Tuesday we were collecting leaves four times a day! The silkworms hatched on June 15, and this week will be ready to spin their cocoons.
