Only six or seven remain and are yet to spin.
Mulberry leaf feeding is no longer a first priority.
Mr Honey Pie has had four days off work over the Christmas holiday break and therefore not able to top up our supply daily from the usual source.
Thank goodness we are not desperate for leaves! Today, the remaining silkworms have barely made an impact on two large Mulberry leaves fed to them this morning. It will be a relief to not to have to worry about where their next supply of leaves is coming from.
Once all the cocoons have been spun I'd like to count the number of cocoons.
Of course I'll be quite short of the three thousand cocoons needed to make half a kilogram of silk!
The next challenge will be housing hundreds of moths and providing them with a place to lay their eggs. Each female moth will deposit around 400 eggs. They will only be viable if fertilized.
The silkworms at maturity, are around ten thousand times heavier than when they hatched.
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