Best sources for Silkworms and goliath hornworms

[DragonMom]

:-X

 

[zebraflavencs]

There are several dealers out on the web that offer silks. However the stock levels dropped due to the heat wave we all experienced this current summer...I'd say get online, and check with Mulberry farms and other "breeders" to see if they have a salable stock now.
Janie

 

[beardielover17]

ive found www.coastalsilkworms.com to be the cheapest all around for them because mulberryfarms murders you with shipping costs...both sites carry the goliath worms but only in pods www.greatlakeshornworm.com has bulk hornworms and www.phoenixworms.com has bulk PWs

 

[zebraflavencs]

Candice... how in the world do you "grow" the goliaths and pws ?
Janie

 

[beardielover17]

ive had tons of luck actually keeping them...my pws grow on their own when left in room temp and the hornworms i usually buy the pods with food but if i bought the eggs, they sell the food just like the silkworm chow...hornworms are a little tough to breed from what ive heard because unlike silkworm moths the hornworm moths fly and need to lay eggs on live plant leaves

 

[zebraflavencs]

psssssssst which plants Since I tend to have some aquariums coming open in the near future... I can grow inside Can't be that hard to slap a screen lid onto the tank in question to keep the lil... *buggers* contained... Okay, baaaad play on words
Janie

 

[beardielover17]

lol im not quite sure which plants...im pretty sure the link above has the caresheet on them and tips on breeding them too

 

[zebraflavencs]

I must be blind... arg...
Janie

 

[beardielover17]

lol ur not blind janie

 

[zebraflavencs]

no canna find the food source... bleh.
Janie

 

[beardielover17]

here ya go janie http://www.greatlakeshornworm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51&Itemid=59

 

[zebraflavencs]

hmmm... thanks... but that looks like... bran ?
Janie

 

[beardielover17]

i have no idea whats in it actually...it may have some bran in it...its some "secret" mixture like the silkworm chow cuz their natural diet is toxic to animals

 

[ladyknite]

I'm a distributor for Great Lakes. The food isn't bran, it's their own mix. Its full of nutrients, vitamins and necessary things they need.
They also eat mulberry chow. But worms raised on food from Great Lakes, don't adapt to mulberry chow well.

 

[beardielover17]

thats right! i thought u had some connection with hornworms lol i thought you just raised them for your own i didnt know u were a distributor

 

[ladyknite]

I've raised almost every bug possible.
Horns are a pain to raise from eggs. Bad as silkies as far as work goes. And honestly, I have enough work. lol

Once their the size to put into cups, the hard part is over.

 

[zebraflavencs]

Really!... Ohhhh Gina... may I make an order... Pahleeeeeeeeese ? lol
Janie.

 

[beardielover17]

see raising/breeding silks was easy for me...granted im sure i didnt have nearly as much on my plate as u even tho i had 30 some odd lizards at my house

 

[ladyknite]

Janie
*mwah*

 

[zebraflavencs]

Gina.... *mwah back* gads I hope that was a blown kiss ... :-X
Janie.