St. Clare's Class Blog: Super Silkworms, By Joseph

Thursday 5 September 2013

Super Silkworms, By Joseph

I got them two days ago and one of the eggs is nearly white. They live in a box with a net in it. They have mushy green food and they don’t do much because they are still eggs.

I will report back next week. They should hatch in about 10-28 days.

By Joseph

5 comments:

joseph said...: Dictated by Joseph..typed by mum as it was very late.

I thought they would hatch in about ten days but they hatched today. Why? It must have been because it was warm. The eggs are 1mm in size. I have a photo to show next week. The started being black and then went grey and then you could see the empty shell with a minute looking caterpillar appearing and starting to eat the green mush we have been given. It is in fact mulberry leaves and smells really revolting. ( I think the mush looks like Davy Jones tentacles from Pirates of the Caribbean ) They eat really slowly because they are just babies. As they grow the instructions say they will become 'eating machines' I can't wait to show you the photo. Mum loves these things too!; 6 September 2013 at 19:31
joseph said...: over the weekend they grown bigger and are about 5mm...mum says that they have grown 500% bigger in just a few days.....It is quite difficult to get the mushy mulberries out of the pot in an amount that wont be considered a mountain of food by the silk worms......some have died....... but we have about ten left..; 10 September 2013 at 19:40
sonny said...: WOW!That's amazing.; 11 September 2013 at 18:51
Amelie clawson said...: I like feeding the fish; 12 September 2013 at 12:22
roderick said...: hello miss Benn i found this game called go kart go turbo please can you put it on our calss blog thankyou
from roderick; 12 September 2013 at 12:23