The collectors of this silk are said to gather the worms from the trees, on which they find them, when they are prepared to spin, and to confine them in calabashes.

How to feed them Bunoro feeds the creatures on mulberry tree leaves. Bunoro says the worms need a constant supply of leaves to increase the silk production. The eggs develop to the larvae stage ...

Her worms eat 300 lb. of leaves daily, are kept in trays in the biggest rooms of the castle. The girls who gather the cocoons and reel off the silk fibres are sent abroad for training. Britain’s ...