Hatchlings!
Added 2023-09-07 12:01:16 +0000 UTCLook at that!
Tiny little hatchlings, discovered by Amanda this morning when she went to check on them. It was apparently as thrilling as you can imagine. Here you can see the tiny babies, only 2mm long, the white eggs that are empty, the full eggs that will likely hatch tomorrow, and their food. Bombyx Moro eat only the leaves of the mulberry trees, nothing else, and I don’t live in a place where mulberry grows. These worms have “worm chow” (I kid you not) and it’s essentially dehydrated powdered mulberry leaves, reconstituted into a paste. They seem to dig it, you can see that several of them have made their way to the food.
I’m so excited! I think I attached a video Amanda sent- by my internet is very, very bad in the woods so maybe not. More tomorrow when I’m home and I can take great pictures and videos - but in the meantime I‘m grateful to have such a dutiful worm sitter!
Fondly,
Stephanie
