Our SilkWorms
These are our new pets. Every year we have them at home usually brought by my son’s hands although my husband and I have to take care of their feeding. We have sixty silkworms and they are in a shoe box. The more we feed them the faster they grow so I believe in two weeks they will start to build their cocoons.
Of course we don’t use the silk to make clothes, area rugs or other silk products but I have already told my kids how this silk can be used to build beautiful and expensive products.
The metamorphose process is a little difficult to explain and my daughter keeps asking about it over and over again. Let’s be realistic, a worm that builds up a cocoon, stays inside for quite some time and than just turns into a moth is not easy to explain, not even to a grown up not to mention a five years old.
Although we check and feed them at least twice a day, they are more an hobby than a pet. It’s great to see them grow everyday and I believe that for kids it is an interesting experience.
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