What color is the cocoon of zebra silkworm?

Zebra silkworm is a tiger silkworm. Cocoons made by tiger silkworms are usually white and yellow, and occasionally green.

Tiger silkworm is a striped variety of silkworm, native to China, also known as tiger spotted silkworm and zebra silkworm. There are black and white stripes on the body of silkworm in larval stage, and there is little difference between moth stage and ordinary white silkworm, which is mild and can be mixed with other kinds of silkworm. Silkworm cocoons vary in color, with the most white, yellow, red and green.

Tiger silkworm is an oligotrophic insect. Tiger silkworm likes to eat mulberry leaves in its larval stage. The eggs of tiger silkworm naturally hatch in the first half of April. The silkworm species can be divided into univalent, bivalent and multivalent, among which univalent species are the most and multivalent species are the least. After about 23-28 days of artificial rearing, the larvae cocoon and pupate, and after 9- 15, the adults cocoon and die after mating and spawning.

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Matters needing attention in raising tiger silkworm:

1, pay attention to disinfection before raising tiger silkworms, and prevent diseases from eating at the age of 2, and prevent flies and maggots at the age of 3.

2, when the tiger silkworm will sleep, it is necessary to feed the leaves, feed less, add a net to lift the silkworm and stop the mulberry, and sleep when full.

3, cocoon should be timely, and the tiger silkworm should be selected in batches when it is old.

4, prevent pests and diseases, prevent muggy and hungry silkworms, diligently collect silkworms and remove sand, collect ants early, eat early, expand seats early, and release silkworms late. The temperature in the silkworm room is even, the leaves are evenly distributed, the leaves are evenly fed, and the mulberry leaves are old and tender. Treatment should be timely and timely.

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