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Hatch and raise your own premium superfood—the most cost-effective way to secure a continuous supply of fresh, nutrient-dense silkworms.
Our Feeder Silkworm Eggs are the perfect choice for reptile breeders and hobbyists looking to raise high-quality feeder insects from scratch. Silkworms (Bombyx mori) are a nutritional powerhouse, naturally packed with protein, moisture, B vitamins, and essential calcium. By hatching your own eggs, you can customize their growth rates and ensure you always have the perfect bite-sized feeders on hand for tiny hatchlings up to large adult insectivores.
- Maximum Value: The absolute most economical way to acquire high volumes of premium silkworms.
- Custom Feeder Sizing: Hatch them on your own schedule to provide micro-feeders for delicate baby reptiles and invertebrates.
- Highly Digestible: Soft-bodied caterpillars are 100% digestible with zero risk of impaction.
- Perfect For: Breeding projects, reptile rescues, bearded dragons, chameleons, geckos, and dart frogs.
Description
Take full control over your live food supply with our premium Feeder Silkworm Eggs. Silkworms are widely celebrated by exotic veterinarians and top-tier breeders as a foundational “superfood” due to their unrivaled nutritional profile. Hatching them at home allows you to bypass shipping transit stress and raise highly resilient, disease-free larvae right on your counter.
The Ultimate Growth & Breeding Solution
For keepers caring for recent hatchlings or micro-predators (like neonate geckos, dart frogs, or mantis nymphs), commercial-sized insects are often too large. Freshly hatched silkworms (known as “black ants”) are tiny, making them an excellent alternative to fruit flies or pinhead crickets. Because they are completely soft-bodied and lack a hard, chitinous shell, they provide maximum nutrient absorption and are completely safe for fragile digestive tracts.
Why Hatch Your Own Silkworm Eggs?
- Unmatched Cost Efficiency: Buying eggs in volume is significantly more budget-friendly than ordering live caterpillars, making this the ideal method for large collections or breeding operations.
- Peak Nutrition Control: By raising the larvae yourself on high-quality mulberry food chow or fresh leaves, you guarantee they are perfectly gut-loaded and carrying optimal nutrition right before they are offered to your pets.
- Fascinating Biological Process: Watching the eggs transform into active larvae offers a rewarding educational experience for hobbyists of all ages.
💡 Hatching & Initial Care Instructions
To achieve a high hatch rate and give your new larvae the best start, follow these straightforward steps:
- Incubation Setup: Keep the eggs in a clean, shallow plastic container with a secure, well-ventilated lid.
- Temperature & Light: Maintain a steady incubation temperature between 25°C and 27°C. Provide natural ambient room light (avoid direct sunlight) to trigger the hatching instinct.
- The Hatching Process: Under optimal conditions, the tiny dark eggs will turn light grey or clear right before hatching. The larvae will begin to emerge within 7 to 14 days.
- First Feeding: Once hatched, the tiny caterpillars will immediately seek out food. Grate a very thin, fine layer of prepared, dry mulberry chow directly over them using a cheese grater, or place a fresh mulberry leaf directly in the container.
- Important Warning: Never mist the eggs or newly hatched larvae with water. Silkworms obtain all necessary hydration strictly from their food source; excess ambient moisture or standing water is fatal to them.
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Did not receive any of them at all sadly
Hatching rate99% bought 500eggs and 99% all of em hatched
They never hatched
Eggs arrived safe and sound