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© Joseph W. Dougherty
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Species: Bombyx mori (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common: silkworm caterpillar feeding on mulberry leaves
Syn.: silk moth, silkworm, domestic silk moth
Range: China (now widely cultivated elsewhere, as well)
Tax.: Bombycidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. The larva of Bombyx mori is an elongated caterpillar commonly called a silkworm. Larvae are mono...
KW: silk moth, silkworm, productive insects, useful insects

© Joseph W. Dougherty
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Species: Bombyx mori (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common: silkworm caterpillar feeding on mulberry leaves
Syn.: silk moth, silkworm, domestic silk moth
Range: China (now widely cultivated elsewhere, as well)
Tax.: Bombycidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. The larva of Bombyx mori is an elongated caterpillar commonly called a silkworm. Larvae are mono...
KW: silk moth, silkworm, productive insects, useful insects

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1000_01_11_09_20.tif
Species: Bombyx mori (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common: silkworm caterpillar feeding on mulberry leaves
Syn.: silk moth, silkworm, domestic silk moth
Range: China (now widely cultivated elsewhere, as well)
Tax.: Bombycidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. The larva of Bombyx mori is an elongated caterpillar commonly called a silkworm. Larvae are mono...
KW: silk moth, silkworm, productive insects, useful insects

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1000_01_11_09_12.tif
Species: Bombyx mori (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common: silk moth caterpillar beginning to spin cocoon of silk
Syn.: silkworm, domestic silk moth
Range: China (now widely cultivated elsewhere, as well)
Tax.: Bombycidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. The larva of Bombyx mori is an elongated caterpillar commonly called a silkworm. Larvae are mono...
KW: silk moth, silkworm, productive insects, useful insects

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1000_01_11_09_13.tif
Species: Bombyx mori (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common: silk moth caterpillar beginning to spin cocoon of silk
Syn.: silkworm, domestic silk moth
Range: China (now widely cultivated elsewhere, as well)
Tax.: Bombycidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. There are many indigenous varieties of wild silk moths found in a number of different countries....
KW: silk moth, silkworm, productive insects, useful insects

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1000_01_11_09_17.tif
Species: Bombyx mori (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common: silk moth cocoon, freshly completed
Syn.: silkworm, domestic silk moth
Range: China (now widely cultivated elsewhere, as well)
Tax.: Bombycidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. There are many indigenous varieties of wild silk moths found in a number of different countries....
KW: silk moth, silkworm, productive insects, useful insects

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1000_01_11_09_15.tif
Species: Bombyx mori (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common: silk moth newly emerged from silk cocoon
Syn.: silkworm, domestic silk moth
Range: China (now widely cultivated elsewhere, as well)
Tax.: Bombycidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. There are many indigenous varieties of wild silk moths found in a number of different countries....
KW: silk moth, silkworm, productive insects, useful insects

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1000_01_11_09_16.tif
Species: Bombyx mori (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common: silk moth newly emerged from silk cocoon
Syn.: silkworm, domestic silk moth
Range: China (now widely cultivated elsewhere, as well)
Tax.: Bombycidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. There are many indigenous varieties of wild silk moths found in a number of different countries....
KW: silk moth, silkworm, productive insects, useful insects

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1000_01_11_09_19.tif
Species: Bombyx mori (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common: silk moth newly emerged from silk cocoon
Syn.: silkworm, domestic silk moth
Range: China (now widely cultivated elsewhere, as well)
Tax.: Bombycidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. There are many indigenous varieties of wild silk moths found in a number of different countries....
KW: silk moth, silkworm, productive insects, useful insects

© Joseph W. Dougherty
Asset: 1000_01_11_09_18.tif
Species: Bombyx mori (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common: silk moth on mulberry leaf
Syn.: silkworm, domestic silk moth
Range: China (now widely cultivated elsewhere, as well)
Tax.: Bombycidae > Lepidoptera
Note: F. There are many indigenous varieties of wild silk moths found in a number of different countries....
KW: silk moth, silkworm, productive insects, useful insects


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