Its now four days since my little Silkworm eggs arrived, with three already hatched. Since then another 11 have emerged, so there's now 14 of the little darlings.
I have a lot of un-hatched eggs, a bluey grey colour, so hopefully more worms will emerge in the next few days.
I've done a bit of research, and it seems they like it if you cut little strips of leaf, so I'm trying that.
I went to a plant nursery and bought another three mulberry trees, as spares to the large old one we have in the orchard. They are only little plants at the moment, but the worms have been tucking into the young leaves, and are growing by the day.
I have also read that they like to be kept at about 30 degrees, so I have them in a plant incubator with a temp gauge.
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