Question

differentiate between silk moth and silkworm

Answer 1

SILKWORM=It is a caterpillar which lives on a mulberry leaves.

SILKMOTH=When a caterpillar makes a protecting covering known as cocoon known as silkmoth

Answer 2

Answer:

• There is a very slight difference between a Silk moth and a silk worm A Silk worm can be called an earlier or previous stage in growth of a silk moths.
• Silk worms are nothing but caterpillars of silk moths that are wound in a form of a cocoon. The Cocoon are made up of silk. Silk Worm is also known as bombyx Mori are the worms that make silk.

• The larva of Caterpillar of silk moths survive on leaves of a Mulberry plant and are completely human dependent nowadays for survival earlier they were found in wild.