silkworm eggs started hatching, too late to chill rest ?

Are you going to let some of them morph and make another batch of eggs?

CooperDragon":1ime9ard said:

Are you going to let some of them morph and make another batch of eggs?

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I think I'll have no choice, counted the large worms this afternoon when I've cleaning the two 4.5L tubs and giving them some more chow , got 80 of them , and about 60 mediums (from the July batch) .

I'm giving two each per day to Peppa and the two BTs , Toothless prefers his silkworms to be under 2 inches so he gets 3 - 4 of them per day.
I'll never use them all before they morph.

Guess I could blanch and freeze some of the large ones too if I really wanted too, but I can't see my having a shortage of silkworms anytime for the foreseeable future as I've already got stacks of eggs in the fridge from October and from the last batch too , my problem the last month was unavailable fresh mulberry leaves, they are available again now, and I've got a batch coming from Sydney next week (same lady I gut my last lot of leave off).

The July batch are nearly all either eaten or pupating now, only about 20 left.

Will be up to my eyeballs in silkworm moths in a week or two when they start emerging from the pig pile of cocoons I have.

Finally got some fresh mulberry leaves.... will reserve these for the smallest of the August batch and for the next batch of eggs I hatch as I still have about 40g (powder basis) of chow ready to use.

All used and some pupating now.

Waiting on another batch of eggs from last October to hatch and the 40 cocoons I have now to produce moths.

Started hatching the other day.