Silkworm food.

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  1. darryn

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    Hi all.
    I want to get my daughter some silkworms. The problem is that I don't have access to Mulberry leaves. I have read that you get artificial silkworm food.
    Can you use the artificial food entirely as a replacement for Mulberry leaves?
    Were can I get this artificial food?
    TIA
     
    darryn, Oct 21, 2009
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    or you can feed them beetroot leaves...
     
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    Hmm Pink silkworms


    Do fish eat silkworms?
     
    Gilbertr14, Oct 22, 2009
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    I have a Mulberry tree and stay in ysterplaat if you want to come get leaves.
    Pm me for details :)
     
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    Also did the beetroot leaves thing when I had my silk worms. It's cool when they spin the web then it is pink / red
     
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    WHen I was a kid my silkworms lived exclusively on Lettuce leaves as well.
     
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