Why can't we keep silkworms at home?

Silkworms like to eat fresh mulberry leaves because of their high requirements on environment and temperature. They can't keep them at home, but they can't meet the demand at home, which will lead to a large number of deaths. Silkworm is a LEPIDOPTERA insect, native to China. Its life includes four growth stages, namely, silkworm eggs, ant silkworms, silkworm pupae and silkworm moths.

The reason why we can't raise silkworms at home is because silkworms have high requirements on climate, humidity and temperature, which can't meet their needs at home and will lead to their death. Besides, silkworms like to eat fresh mulberry leaves without pesticides. Mulberry leaves should not contain water or be too dry to avoid silkworm death.

Morphological characteristics of silkworm Silkworm is an animal of Lepidoptera, which is mainly divided into four growth stages: silkworm eggs, ant silkworms, pupae and silkworm moths. Among them, silkworm eggs are small and look like sesame seeds, ant silkworms are black and look like ants, silkworms are made of silkworms, and the shape of silkworm moths is similar to butterflies.

Living habits of silkworm Silkworm is a kind of abnormal insect, the most common one is silkworm, which mainly feeds on mulberry leaves and is suitable for living in an environment of 20-30 degrees. Silkworms need to be skinned four times, each time it takes about one day, and it takes more than 50 days to change from silkworm eggs to silkworm moths.

There are many kinds of silkworms, including silkworm, tussah, castor silkworm, cassava silkworm, Huili silkworm, silkworm, amber silkworm, wild silkworm and chestnut silkworm. Among them, tussah is an insect that feeds on oak leaves, mainly distributed in China, and castor silkworm feeds on castor leaves.