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Hi there,

I was wondering if any one could tell me how to raise a silkworm colony cause i would like to have them available for my cham at any moment. Thank You

Fat Tony, LOL

It should be Charm_Paradise you shouldbe speaking too but ill try and help you out as ive had success in keeping and breedsing them.
All i do is have a small 20" x 10" x ?" glass aquarium and have a Layer of paper towl, then a layer of cloth like mesh on top of that. I put them all on the mesh. Feed SW chow every other day, so they dont get too large too fast. i then do this until cocooning, then i find a week after, some moths. My moths that i have had have never flew? i dont know why? they mate and then lay a hell of alot of eggs. i leave the eggs were they are and put a small dish of water in there for humidity. they hatch quite a bit of time later.

This process is all done in a heated cupboard (the boiler cupboard).

Im not sure if thats how your suppost to keep them but thats how i do it.
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-Jamie Whitehouse
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They are flightless moths that only live for 7 days. Plus, they have no working mouths so they can't even eat once they are moths. It's a sad existence after the cocoon (with the mating exception, I suppose

I just let them mate, lay eggs, and then it's off to the cage. They are great food sources as they like to flutter their flightless wings. They usually last mere seconds...
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5 Month Old Ambanja Male I - LESTER
5 Month Old Ambanja Male II - SHOGO

...we (humans) have bred them to be flightless in order to have control (something we humans have a great need for! LOL!) over their little lives. Sort of like flightless ff.

Many moths do feed as adults and help pollinate our plants, like the sphinx moth (adult hornworm) but they fly at night so we rarely see them. then their are those that don't feed as adults (luna, cecropia) - it truly is all about reproduction. They sort of "digest their digestive system" during pupation - weird huh? Also, quite fascinating. So there is your moth trivia for the day

lele

>>They are flightless moths that only live for 7 days. Plus, they have no working mouths so they can't even eat once they are moths. It's a sad existence after the cocoon (with the mating exception, I suppose
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>>I just let them mate, lay eggs, and then it's off to the cage. They are great food sources as they like to flutter their flightless wings. They usually last mere seconds...
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>>5 Month Old Ambanja Male I - LESTER
>>5 Month Old Ambanja Male II - SHOGO