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Silk moths, such as Bombyx mori, are commercially farmed in Asia, and butterfly farming would seem to be a natural extension of this.
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Before turning into a moth the Bombyx caterpillar spins itself a cocoon of 1000 yards of silky fiber to house itself during the transformation.
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Before turning into a moth the Bombyx caterpillar spins itself a cocoon of 1000 yards of silky fiber to house itself during the transformation.
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Ao surfar nos blogues, encontrei esta pérola no Abrupto, citado do Bombyx Mori:
O sol que não brilha Artur 2005
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The most widely raised type of silkworm, the larva of the Bombyx mori, no longer exists anywhere in a natural state.
Middlesex Eugenides, Jeffery 2002
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Bombyx and hélix are a little special for poetry (the latter meant only the exterior contour of the ear), and strix was not to be found in dictionaries current during Mallarmé's lifetime.
Rhymes with 'IX' Comenetz, Michael 1999
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In reference, however, to _Bombyx mori_, it is well known that the silk crop in France and Italy has been reduced greatly, and the price of silk goods consequently enhanced, by prevalence of disease among the worms.
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_Bombyx mori_, or the ordinary mulberry silkworm, is, of course, the best to rear, if you can obtain healthy eggs.
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Of cocoons I have no returns at hand, but, of raw silk, European manufacturers purchase, annually, not less than $160,000,000 worth; and of eggs (_Bombyx mori_) to the value of $10,000,000.
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(_Bombyx mori_ in this case), and I much doubt whether any crop raised here pays as well.
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