24日目
2008年 05月 23日
最近、田植えや仕事で忙しいのでカイコのよい写真をとる時間がなかなか見つかれない。
しかし、カイコ達はさすがに休まない。デッカイー！！！
シャーレの中で育ているカイコは1.5cmを超えて、計る時にピンセットで出されるのを嫌がるようになりました。やっぱり、思春期だな。
普通のカイコの箱にはまだ大勢いる。そちらはまだ 0.5cm ちょっと。でも、ケコの成長期を抜けて、ちゃんとしたカイコになりました。
食欲はすごい！毎日の桑葉の量は急に増えて、私の知っているところは足りないだろう。近所にはいくつかの場所があるが、私は山でジョギングする時にもいつも探している。何ヵ所をみつけったが、まだ足りないような気がする。
今度、写真を見せます！
So, I have not been keeping up with this Silk Worm blog as much as I would have liked. Been a bit busy with rice planting, and work.
The silkworms, however, are not taking a break. They are getting bigger and bigger. Especially those in kept in the observation dish are now 1.5 cm. The rest, kept together in a box as a group of several hundred, are still between 0.5 and 1cm. They have, however, escaped from their "hairy stage." In Japanese, this is called "keko" - sounds like "kaiko", which means silkworm, but "ke" means hair. All the newly hatched babies are nice and fuzzy.
Their appetite is amazing. There are several places in the neighborhood to collect mulberry leaves, but not enough to keep up at this pace. I have found several more places in the mountains where I jog, but still, not enough for this many silk-worms.
Next time I hope to have some photos.
しかし、カイコ達はさすがに休まない。デッカイー！！！
シャーレの中で育ているカイコは1.5cmを超えて、計る時にピンセットで出されるのを嫌がるようになりました。やっぱり、思春期だな。
普通のカイコの箱にはまだ大勢いる。そちらはまだ 0.5cm ちょっと。でも、ケコの成長期を抜けて、ちゃんとしたカイコになりました。
食欲はすごい！毎日の桑葉の量は急に増えて、私の知っているところは足りないだろう。近所にはいくつかの場所があるが、私は山でジョギングする時にもいつも探している。何ヵ所をみつけったが、まだ足りないような気がする。
今度、写真を見せます！
So, I have not been keeping up with this Silk Worm blog as much as I would have liked. Been a bit busy with rice planting, and work.
The silkworms, however, are not taking a break. They are getting bigger and bigger. Especially those in kept in the observation dish are now 1.5 cm. The rest, kept together in a box as a group of several hundred, are still between 0.5 and 1cm. They have, however, escaped from their "hairy stage." In Japanese, this is called "keko" - sounds like "kaiko", which means silkworm, but "ke" means hair. All the newly hatched babies are nice and fuzzy.
Their appetite is amazing. There are several places in the neighborhood to collect mulberry leaves, but not enough to keep up at this pace. I have found several more places in the mountains where I jog, but still, not enough for this many silk-worms.
Next time I hope to have some photos.
by bastish
| 2008-05-23 18:44
