Stony Brook Chinese School Silkworm Club

06/13/2022

Thank you to Mr. Tang and his son Andy Tang, as well as Mei and all the other parents who helped assembled the kids and answering questions. Another successful event for the Chinese School! Feel free to exchange tips and information on this site.

06/07/2022

Will be demonstrating live silkworms this Saturday at the Chinese school in Physics Bldg! Special link and zebra silkworms!!

05/21/2020

We have live silkworms and silkworm eggs for sale! Contact me.

07/02/2013

Most of the time, the male moth emerges out of the cocoon first..they are smaller bodied. Once a female appears, the pheromones trigger the males to get into a mating frenzy. They will stay joined for several hours. There are tricks to separating them, but is not necessary. They will part on their own and the female will start to lay eggs immediately.

06/14/2013

Some silkworms are already spinning. We prefer using a paperbox or paper rolls. Why? because it will absorb excess moisture. If you use a plastic tray, the silk will take too long to dry, and will tend to stick together. Once it sticks, it gets much harder to separate out the thin thread. This is one of the differences in raising silk technique. Doing it right will give you grade A quality silk. Do it wrong, you will get very little quantity and poor quality silk.

06/14/2013

06/06/2013

silkworms producing pink cocoons, yellow cocoons, green and white cocoons will be distributed this sat from morning till afternoo untli supplies last!

06/04/2013

15 boxes of zebra s*x limited silkworms distributed last Saturday. This Saturday will be a mixture of all kinds...

05/29/2013

Silkworms ready for distribution this Saturday!! if you missed it, do not worry, there will be more the week after.