Talk:Bombyx mori

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[edit] Old talk

The artical says nothing about eating the silkworms. All I know about it is its distinct flavor(you either love it or hate it) and its full of protien. Is there anyone out there who knows enough about the nutrients of eating the silkworm?

Who actually eats it? I've beening living in northern China for more than two decades and never heard of anyone eating the silkworms. I'm sure there are people who do this, but that's very rare. It's like adding eating the dragonflies or simply flies to their respective pages.--Wooddoo-eng 06:12, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

The Koreans sure do, you see vendors all over the place and I just tried one at dinner. But they eat only silkworm larvae/pupae, not the worms per se. Jpatokal 12:04, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Blogger story[1] about eating Korean canned silkworm pupae. Cy Guy 07:12, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Silkworm pupae are important as food in parts of southeast Asia and tribal regions of India. They are eaten as a significant source of protein in parts of Korea, Laos, Thailand, etc. http://www.wormspit.com/wormfoods.htm Canned or frozen silkworms are often available at Oriental grocery stores. Oakenking 14:24, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] silk worm in pecan tree

All the articles I have read while researching silk worms on the internet say they are found in mulberry trees. Do they survive on other trees? I had a landscaper come by to discuss planting of some shade trees and he said that the "nests" in my pecan tree were from silk worms. We have a small wooded area along two sides of our property and I don't see any of these "nests" in them, only in our pecan trees. Are they harmful to my pecan tree? After reading this article and their rate of reproduction I would suspect the answer to be yes. Is there anything that can be done to discourage they growth, other than, of course, distroying the nests?

I would expect they are more likely some variety of tent caterpiller. Call your local cooperative extension service office to find out what they think. Cy Guy 07:12, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Silkworm Disease

Silkworm Disease( Virus, Bacteria, fungus, Nosema...).You and your friend can help me to write and expanding it ? i need infomation but i is not good English !--203.160.1.43 11:00, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

What is the lifespan of a silkworm? Perhaps we could add a map showing it's geographic range?

The silkworm, Bombyx mori, is fully domesticated. It has been raised in nearly every part of the world which will support its food plants. Oakenking 14:29, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

This artical has some good information, but it reads like a how to book. Unfortunatly my writing skills are not at a level to fix this. Hopefully someone will notice this and reword it.

[edit] Changing the image?

The article is about the domestic silkworm, Bombyx mori, but the image on the side is an entirely different species, Callosamia promethea. I don't know how to change the image, but would be happy to donate one of my photographs from http://www.wormspit.com. Oakenking 14:27, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Range

I took out the reference to occurrence in Persia/Iran, because I could not find confirmation. THe likely natural range (before domestivcation) was that of B. mandarina and ended at northern India. Satyrium 02:27, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] sorry

this tells notin about silkworms how many eggs do they lay? (found nothing) how often do farmers feed them?what do silkworms eat? (found nothing)how many days does it take to spin a cocoon? put more info on ur page then it will be great!!!!!!!!!!

[edit] Do silkworms really look like ants?

In the section "Silkworm disease" occurs the line:

But it is easy to confuse young, tiny silkworms with ants, as they look somewhat alike

This doesn't seem right to me. Pictures I've seen of silkworms (for example on http://www.wormspit.com) look like caterpillars, not ants. Is there a species of silkworm that does look like an ant? Tocharianne 14:57, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

The hatchlings really do look like ants - but only at arm's length. I think it's the horde of tiny bobbing shiny heads. I wouldn't say it's "easy to confuse" them - but if you have several hundred hatch at once, they definitely look like the surface of a disturbed ant hill. Oakenking 20:12, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The title of this article should be Silkworm

This article is about an insect that most English speakers would only know of as the "Silkworm." The title of this article should be "Silkworm" or "Silkworm (insect)."

Here is the relevant Wikipedia policy: "Generally, article naming should prefer to what the majority of English speakers would most easily recognize, with a reasonable minimum of ambiguity, while at the same time making linking to those articles easy and second nature.

"This is justified by the following principle: Names of Wikipedia articles should be optimized for readers over editors; and for a general audience over specialists.

-anon —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.70.91.59 (talk) 00:34, 14 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] wrong citations?

This article uses parenthetical citations instead of footnotes. Rugz 18:54, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Size

I notice the size of silkworms isn't mentioned anywhere. Could someone provide this? --Wafulz 15:15, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Units

Some of the article is converted in metric units. could someone convert the remainder? Goldfinger820 08:31, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Agenda Pushing?

Perhaps the last part of this line is a bit specious "no longer occurs in the wild if it ever did so". Wouldn’t silkworms have existed in the wild at least at some point in their evolutionary history? Not an expert on this, so I didn’t change it. God, I love being a pedantic insomniac. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Le Gibbon (talk • contribs) 04:16, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

yep i agree - sounds dogdy Goldfinger820 04:54, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

Bombyx mori is a domesticated animal - like dogs, chickens, or cows. It was almost certainly bred from a wild species called Bombyx mandarina. Mandarina still exists in the wild, and mori can be bred back to the wild stock. Some sources seem to imply that there USED to be wild Bombyx mori, and that they're all extinct... but that's not my understanding. User: Oakenking 2:54 29 May 2008 (CDT) —Preceding comment was added at 19:55, 29 May 2008 (UTC)