Bombyx Hybrid
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The Bombyx hybrid is a hybrid between a Bombyx mori
female and a male Bombyx mandarina
moth. They produce Silkworm larvae like all species of Bombyx. The larvae look a lot like the other variation, they are brown and the first half and gray at the bottom half, but they get larger black spots than the other variation, and they look like a normal Bombyx moth, but a bit darker. Instead, no hybrids are used for silk, (unlike a normal Silkworm of the Bombyx mori
species), but for research. Bombyx mori
females are much more likely to mate with a male Bombyx mandarina
, but both species have to be kept in the same container. Since Bombyx Hybrids are much more common than the other variation more is known about them.
The domesticated silkworm (B. mori) was domesticated from wild silkworm (B. mandarina) more than 5,000 years ago.
Bombyx mori
The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of the domesticated silkmoth, Bombyx mori . It is an economically important insect, being a primary producer of silk...
female and a male Bombyx mandarina
Bombyx mandarina
Bombyx mandarina, the Wild Silkmoth, is an insect from the moth family Bombycidae. It is the closest relative of Bombyx mori the Domesticated Silkmoth or "silkworm" . Unlike the domesticated relative which is unable to fly or indeed persist outside human care, the Wild Silkmoth is a fairly ordinary...
moth. They produce Silkworm larvae like all species of Bombyx. The larvae look a lot like the other variation, they are brown and the first half and gray at the bottom half, but they get larger black spots than the other variation, and they look like a normal Bombyx moth, but a bit darker. Instead, no hybrids are used for silk, (unlike a normal Silkworm of the Bombyx mori
Bombyx mori
The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of the domesticated silkmoth, Bombyx mori . It is an economically important insect, being a primary producer of silk...
species), but for research. Bombyx mori
Bombyx mori
The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of the domesticated silkmoth, Bombyx mori . It is an economically important insect, being a primary producer of silk...
females are much more likely to mate with a male Bombyx mandarina
Bombyx mandarina
Bombyx mandarina, the Wild Silkmoth, is an insect from the moth family Bombycidae. It is the closest relative of Bombyx mori the Domesticated Silkmoth or "silkworm" . Unlike the domesticated relative which is unable to fly or indeed persist outside human care, the Wild Silkmoth is a fairly ordinary...
, but both species have to be kept in the same container. Since Bombyx Hybrids are much more common than the other variation more is known about them.
The domesticated silkworm (B. mori) was domesticated from wild silkworm (B. mandarina) more than 5,000 years ago.