...but i forgot to save two silk worms on top of that i don't know how to tell what worms are male. or at least i thought they had sexes. how can i tell? i'm still super new to this but it's such a fun hobby.
From what I've read you can't tell till they become moths. I think the female moths are much larger (I'll check again and update). I've got about 300 silkworms that will cocoon in about 2 weeks. My first time trying this, so far so good. I started with eggs, they are now 2 inches long.
http://www.acornnaturalists.com/store/images/SilkwormCare2.pdf Here's some more info. How large were your worms when they cocooned? What did they cocoon on. I need to set something up for them to spin on, right now they a just in plastic containers. I read paper towel rolls work, I got about a week to set something up.
I just set Swordtail's timer for his bath and paused it so I could actually fill his soaking bowl up and he crawled over my phone and canceled the timer
Mirage came out of brumation on April 26. He was doing great. On May 2 he started acting funny. We just redid his tank, and he keeps going into one of his hides. He just lays there. He shows no intrest in food. HELP!