CATDOLL : CATDOLL: How to raise silkworms at home (How to raise silkworms at home)

1. A beginner’s guide to silkworm farming?

1. Breeding for beginners

When a novice raises silkworms, he needs to prepare a clean, odor-free ordinary paper box or wooden box, then put the purchased silkworm eggs into the paper box, and place the box in a greenhouse that can regulate the temperature. The indoor temperature should be controlled between 21-29 degrees to promote rapid hatching of the silkworm eggs.

2. Feed mulberry leaves

Silkworms grow very fast and have a high demand for mulberry leaves. When raising silkworms, you need to prepare fresh, pesticide-free green mulberry leaves. Use a sharp knife to cut the mulberry leaves into small pieces, and then spread them on the box. Allow the silkworms to eat freely, and feed them mulberry leaves every 3-4 hours to ensure that there is enough food.

3. Suitable environment

Silkworms live in a clean environment. When raising silkworms, if the environment is too dirty, the silkworms will be infected with diseases. The boxes need to be cleaned every 2-3 days. The feces and leftover mulberry leaves in the boxes can be cleaned out, and the windows should be opened from morning to afternoon every day to ventilate the silkworms.

4. Feeding methods

When raising silkworms, the indoor temperature needs to be controlled at around 25 degrees, which is the optimal growth temperature. Silkworms of different ages like to eat different types of mulberry leaves. Silkworms aged 1-3 like to eat tenderer mulberry leaves, while silkworms aged 4-5 can be fed older mulberry leaves, which is beneficial for mulberry to absorb cellulose to spin silk and make cocoons.

2. How to raise silkworms at home?

1. You can use a cardboard box or foam box to make a simple home for the silkworms.

2. In order to ensure the freshness of the collected mulberry leaves, you can put them in the refrigerator for refrigeration, and then take out a certain amount of mulberry leaves when feeding.

3. After feeding, you should always observe the survival of the silkworms, ensure the temperature is appropriate, and clean up any rotten mulberry leaves in time.

4. After the larvae grow up, they will spin silk and become silkworm pupae after a few days.

5. Clean the box and put a clean paper mat on it.

6. Afterwards we can see the silkworm pupae breaking out of their cocoons.

7. Finally, the moths mate and lay eggs, and we can continue to raise the silkworms.

3. How to raise silkworms at home?

After receiving the silkworm seeds, place them in the prepared silkworm rearing box. The silkworm box can generally be an ordinary paper box, but it must be kept clean and odorless. From the day the silkworm seeds are shipped out of the warehouse, they will naturally hatch into silkworms in about 11 days (including the delivery time) at room temperature of 21-29 degrees Celsius. Silkworms will have an appetite about 40 minutes after hatching, and the feeding process should begin at this time. Take the prepared fresh tender mulberry leaves out of the refrigerator, wait for the mulberry leaves to return to room temperature, cut them into small pieces with a knife and put them in the silkworm box. The silkworms will automatically climb onto the mulberry leaves to eat. It usually takes about 27 days (divided into 5 ages) for silkworms to hatch and cocoon on the mountain. It is advisable to use tenderer mulberry leaves for feeding silkworms from the first to third ages, and ordinary mulberry leaves for silkworms from the fourth and fifth ages. Silkworms are suitable for growing in an environment with a temperature range of 22-29 degrees Celsius, and the most suitable growth temperature is about 27 degrees Celsius. A silkworm eats about 25 grams of mulberry leaves in its lifetime. For example, if you want to feed 40 silkworms, you only need 1 kg of mulberry leaves. However, in the actual feeding process, some mulberry leaves will be wasted, so more mulberry leaves will be needed. After the fifth instar, silkworms will stop eating mulberry leaves and start looking for a suitable place to spin silk and make cocoons (also called going up the mountain to make cocoons). In rural areas, straw-bound grass hills or pine branches are generally used as silkworm hills. For silkworms fed as pets, a paper box divided into many small compartments can be used instead. Precautions for raising silkworms 1. Keep mulberry leaves fresh 1. Place mulberry leaves in the refrigerator (about 5 degrees Celsius) to prevent deterioration. 2. Tighten the plastic bag to slow down the drying and dehydration time of mulberry leaves. 2. Feeding silkworms 1. Take out the mulberry leaves from the refrigerator and wait for a few minutes for the mulberry leaves to return to room temperature before feeding. 2. Do not wash the mulberry leaves with water and keep them in a natural state. 3. For feeding the second-instar silkworms, please choose tenderer mulberry leaves, 1-2 pieces per day. 4. The feeding time can be chosen in the morning or at noon. 3. Other matters needing attention 1. Do not catch silkworms with your hands, use the soft bristles of a brush to drive them away; 2. Clean the silkworm room every day; 3. The silkworm room should be placed in a cool place (around 25 degrees Celsius).

4. How to raise silkworms at home?

After receiving the silkworm seeds, place them in the prepared silkworm rearing box. The silkworm box can generally be an ordinary paper box, but it must be kept clean and odorless. From the day the silkworm seeds are shipped out of the warehouse, they will naturally hatch into silkworms in about 11 days (including the delivery time) at room temperature of 21-29 degrees Celsius. Silkworms will have an appetite about 40 minutes after hatching, and the feeding process should begin at this time. Take the prepared fresh tender mulberry leaves out of the refrigerator, wait for the mulberry leaves to return to room temperature, cut them into small pieces with a knife and put them in the silkworm box. The silkworms will automatically climb onto the mulberry leaves to eat. It usually takes about 27 days (divided into 5 ages) for silkworms to hatch and cocoon on the mountain. It is advisable to use tenderer mulberry leaves for feeding silkworms from the first to third ages, and ordinary mulberry leaves for silkworms from the fourth and fifth ages. Silkworms are suitable for growing in an environment with a temperature range of 22-29 degrees Celsius, and the most suitable growth temperature is about 27 degrees Celsius. A silkworm eats about 25 grams of mulberry leaves in its lifetime. For example, if you want to feed 40 silkworms, you only need 1 kg of mulberry leaves. However, in the actual feeding process, some mulberry leaves will be wasted, so more mulberry leaves will be needed. After the fifth instar, silkworms will stop eating mulberry leaves and start looking for a suitable place to spin silk and make cocoons (also called going up the mountain to make cocoons). In rural areas, straw-bound grass hills or pine branches are generally used as silkworm hills. For silkworms fed as pets, a paper box divided into many small compartments can be used instead. Precautions for raising silkworms 1. Keep mulberry leaves fresh 1. Place mulberry leaves in the refrigerator (about 5 degrees Celsius) to prevent deterioration. 2. Tighten the plastic bag to slow down the drying and dehydration time of mulberry leaves. 2. Feeding silkworms 1. Take out the mulberry leaves from the refrigerator and wait for a few minutes for the mulberry leaves to return to room temperature before feeding. 2. Do not wash the mulberry leaves with water and keep them in a natural state. 3. For feeding the second-instar silkworms, please choose tenderer mulberry leaves, 1-2 pieces per day. 4. The feeding time can be chosen in the morning or at noon. 3. Other matters needing attention 1. Do not catch silkworms with your hands, use the soft bristles of a brush to drive them away; 2. Clean the silkworm room every day; 3. The silkworm room should be placed in a cool place (around 25 degrees Celsius).