From these eggs will hatch tiny silkworms, caterpillars of the domesticated silk moth Bombyx mori, which will then set to chomping down on mulberry leaves and preparing themselves for the demanding ...

In the mid 1800s, a pervasive disease decimated silkworm agriculture in France. In an effort to save the silk-production industry, the French government persuaded Louis Pasteur, well-respected for ...

Of course, it’s not just any insect that goes through the stages of development from egg, larva, pupa and then an adult that is held in such high regard. It’s the silkworm, a creepy-crawly ...

Both deputations returned, years apart, with mulberry cuttings, but only the Bengal one brought back Chinese silkworm eggs, ...