What's the difference between tiger silkworm and white silkworm? It is said that tiger silkworms can bite people. Is it true?/You don't say.

Tiger silkworms do not bite or attack other silkworms.

The main differences between tiger silkworm and white silkworm:

First, the nature is different.

1, tiger silkworm

Tiger silkworm, also known as tiger spotted silkworm, zebra silkworm and tiger silkworm, belongs to Lepidoptera and Bombycidae, and is a kind of silkworm.

2. White silkworm

Beauveria bassiana, also known as Beauveria bassiana, is a zombie, which comes from the dried whole silkworm of Bombycidae, and its larvae died after being infected with Beauveria bassiana.

Second, the morphological characteristics are different.

1, tiger silkworm

There are black and white stripes on the silkworm body in the larval stage. When the larvae grow to the extreme, the size is about 10000 times that of the ant silkworm (when it just hatched), and the female silkworm can reach more than 7cm in length, while the male silkworm is slightly smaller, and there is little difference between the moth stage and the ordinary white silkworm.

2. White silkworm

It is cylindrical, curved and shriveled. The surface is grayish white or light brown, mostly covered with white powder cream. The head, feet and joints are clearly distinguishable. In vitro, filaments are often entangled. The head is yellowish brown and round.

Third, the application value is different.

1, tiger silkworm

Silk-spinning insect, a silkworm. Cocoons are usually white and yellow, and occasionally green. Cocoon is an important raw material for textile industry. Silk is regarded as green gold, which is quite precious.

2. White silkworm

Inoculating Beauveria bassiana to silkworm pupa to make it become stiff pupa can replace Beauveria bassiana as medicine.

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