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Silkworm Gallery

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Female silk moth with eggs

Newly laid silkworm eggs

Older fertile silkworm eggs

3rd instar Mulberry silkworm larva

4th instar Mulberry silkworm larva

Mulberry silkworm larva feeding on mulberry

5th instar Mulberry silkworm larva head

Mulberry silkworm larva spinning hammock

Mulberry silkworm cocoon suspended in hammock

Male Mulberry Silkmoth

Mulberry cocoon with exit hole

Male Mulberry silkmoth

Female Mulberry silkmoth

Mulberry silkmoths mating side-by-side

Mulberry silkmoths mating side-by-side

Mulberry silkmoths mating side-by-side

Mulberry silkmoths mating end-to-end

Last updated on 21 June 2010
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