Experience the Miracle of Metamorphosis today! - Shop Now

Silkworm Rearing Kit

SKU: 40-001
£37.49
£44.99
Restrictions are in place for the delivery of this product. This product can only be shipped to addresses in GB,JE,GG,IM

See the fascinating lifecycle of the silkworm when you raise live silkmoths with this kit.

Your educational Silkworm kit includes:

  • 10-20 eggs
  • Prepared silkworm food (must be refrigerated)
  • Plastic silkworm tub
  • Mesh x2 sizes
  • Forceps
  • Silkworm kit guide

The eggs can take 7-21 days to hatch and should be kept somewhere warm but out of direct sunlight at around 24 degrees celsius. Allow 9-12 weeks to complete the cycle, moth lifespan approx. 2 weeks.

The silkworms will require feeding multiple times a day once they start growing!

Adult supervision required.

Please note: The silkworms or moths cannot be released into nature. We are not able to dispatch this product if the weather is too cold.

Delivery to UK only

 

Price: £44.99 incl VAT (£37.49 ex VAT)

 

 

All non-live orders leave our offices within 1-3 working days unless the item(s) are out of stock, or if your order includes a Live product with a chosen send-out date of 3 weeks or less away (in which case we will dispatch all goods, live and non-live, on the requested send out date).

Once your order is dispatched, standard delivery time for the UK is approximately 1- 4 working days, depending on your location.  Please allow 10 days for orders outside of the UK.  A Next Working Day option is available for UK delivery only (excludes weekends).

Silkworm Rearing Kit
Adult Silk moth. Watch and rear these from tiny silkworm eggs! Young silk worm crawling over Silkworm eggs. Watch and rear these into Adult Silk Moths.

Overall rating: 4.0 / 5 from 4 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

Summary topics

Review topics: [].

Review highlights

Reviews

A Fun Experience

"The first batch of eggs I received unfortunately did not hatch, but I was sent replacements and they hatched in a week. Be sure to follow the feeding instructions (using the correct amount of food) as they are very ravenous when they are big. Out of the 16 eggs I received, 10 of the silkworms managed to cocoon and emerge as moths (those that died were hatchlings, it is common for some to die at this stage because they are very fragile). Overall it has been a very fun experience to raise these fascinating insects with my little brother."

— Vincent T. (5/5)

Beautiful little creatures

"I have not reared these little guys before so took the plunge. Talk about eat you out of house and home, but they certainly grow fast. I would advise people to think about where you keep them as thay do not like low temperatures, their optimum is 21 degrees c, which in December is very difficult to maintain. I have 2 now which have reached 3/4"" long and as soon as I put fresh food in, they zoom in on it. Looking forward to the next stage. Insect Lore have been most helpful with queries and fully supportive all the way. Our stick insects bought back in the summer are now doing very well. The smallest is in the region of 4. 5"" so they have done very well. I had to buy a bigger more spacious home for them which made it easier for them to get around in, also it means I can feed them through a hatch in the lid rather than moving them by hand to change bedding and food."

— Colin S. (5/5)

Living sticks go out of control!!!

"We do like our stick insects but they have too many eggs our house is over run with them please could you make it clear that that they have 300 eggs each we were only expecting around 20-30 eggs!!! from Lawrence Age 8"

— Julia P. (5/5)

We put the silkworm eggs

"We put the silkworm eggs to plastic rearing tub 1st May but we can't see any changes. The eggs are lighter colour but no hatched yet. Thank you."

— Helena N. (1/5)

Q&A

Experience Nature's Magic See live insects transform and ignite curiosity.
Kits for Every Explorer Butterflies, ants, and ladybirds for everyone.
Inspring Young Scientists Support STEM learning with hands-on kits
Trusted for Generations 50 years of unforgettable family memories.

My Basket

   0 Products

Your Basket is Empty.

Redeem Voucher for Insects

To redeem your insect voucher, please enter your unique voucher code in the space below. (We will request a preferred dispatch date on a following page).

Information for EU customers - Your caterpillars will be dispatched from within the EU

Information for UK customers - Your caterpillars will be dispatched from the UK