Everything I need to know about Silkworms?

[Robert0151]

I am changing my bearded dragons food staple to silkworms. I would like to breed and keep my own, but I know completely nothing about keeping silkworms. If you guys have any info or tips please let me know, THANKS! :lol:

 

[Lenewen]

I dug through my bookmarks and found this:

http://www.silkwormshop.com/silkworm_info.html

I think it should get you started. I can tell you from experience breeding bugs is an uncertain science. Best thing you can do is just dive in and do your best!

 

[Robert0151]

Great advice! It doesn't look too complicated...

 

[Lenewen]

I havent tried raising silkworms yet. I have a superworm colony and a dubia roach colony. I've had issues along the way but I think we got it down now. I am going to try Hornworms next simply because I think they would be fun to raise

 

[Robert0151]

How's the super worm breeding?

 

[Lenewen]

The first time we tried we didn't keep them in darkness and they never pupated, just died. Now we have a couple hundred beetles so we are doing well. They are laying eggs now so we expect to have a large number of baby supers in a few months