One and two day old silkworms continue to nibble away at the mulberry leaves creating a lacy pattern.
I swear that this morning's new hatchlings are much bigger than the first day's.
Above you can see the white eggs which have hatched and the dark spot is the hole from which the furry silkworms have emerged.
The darker eggs are unhatched fertile eggs.
Unlike the adult silkworm, newborn silkworms are hairy.
In Japan, newborn silkworms are called "Kego", meaning "hairy baby".
This morning I swapped twenty five of the newly emerged silkworms for three mushrooms at our local Crop & Swap.
I'm reckoning that around three hundred eggs have hatched so far.
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