Thai was splendid surprise for me to see the Tusar silk moth cacoon... I
have never seen
it
Tanay

On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 7:02 PM, shubhada nikharge <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> Dr. Usha and I saw Terminalia arjuna tree in Charkop, Mumbai in the month
> of June 2010.
> Marathi name: अर्जुन
> Family : Combretaceae
> T. arjuna is a food plant of Tussar Silk moth. I have attached a pic of a
> cocoon of T.Silk moth.
> It is very difficult to rear this moth in captivity. I tried to rear it
> twice but the moth did not emerge from it, instead it was parasitised.
> Cheers,
> Shubhada
>
>
> "I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything, but still I can
> do something; I will not refuse to do the something I can do."
>
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