Anyone here keep silkworms

[Pyro]

Joseph,

Mulberry is considered a noxious here so you can not get our hands on them. (Of course it seems everything is illegal here including my very obviously captive bred snake because it is of a species that is native to the state, but I digress.) Going with the chow is fine for me right now, depending on how things go I might shot to get my hands on mulberry later.

Rattler,

The isopods were going to be for the A. morletii I had. Unfortunatly they all expired so...

 

[Joseph Clemens]

Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera), a relative of Mulberry, that is native to the USA is also a viable food for silkworms. Perhaps you could grow them, or have some you can harvest foliage from

 

[Pyro]

I was not aware that the Osage orange was a viable food source. I think I have one near the community pond. I will have to check. Thanks for that tip.

 

[ChronoKiento]

http://www.wormspit.com/

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 

[Clint]

I've read every page on there about how to make silk. Looks easy enough to me.

If I was into crafts I'd like to do that.

 

[Finch]

Easy? You can do it, but selling it at competetive prices would be difficult.
Remember the forgotton, long gone american silk industry.

 

[Clint]

If I did do it I wouldn't sell it lol. I'd make miniature Wizard hats for male sugar gliders.

Lmao, man I'm cracking up over here lmao! Oooh boy lol oh my chest hurts lmao

Lol, I never knew we had a silk industry. Hey maybe the sack Georgie Porchie crawled out of is what put an end to the industry lmao

Oh my head lmao

 

[Finch]

Thats why we have gypsy moths- an attempt to breed a better silkworm for the americas[gone wrong]. Google american silk industry

 

[Pyro]

Thanks Chrono, that link had some really funny stuff in it. I am still laughing.

 

[ChronoKiento]

Lol, no problem. I liked the "vegetarian piranha" comment.

I've raises polyphemous(sp?) moths before and when I see all those caterpillars in those containers the only thing that goes through my head is... "Think of all the poop!" xD