American Silk Worm, Part 2
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Second installment of L. Trouvelot's article on the American silk worm, Telea (Antheraea) polyphemus, from the first volume of American Naturalist. It covers larval growth and food consumption, cocoon spinning, the pupa, the silk reservoirs ("gut"), natural enemies such as birds and ichneumon parasites, and descriptions of the larva, pupa and egg. It ends with practical instructions for selecting and storing cocoons, hatching the moths, pairing, and rearing the young larvae on oak and other foliage. The article is continued in a later issue.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- March 1867
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 10
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