In commercial agriculture, reaching for a chemical insecticide when pests invade is often standard practice. In sericulture, however, this instinct can be catastrophic.
The silkworm (Bombyx mori) is not merely a farm animal- it is an insect. Because the silkworm shares nearly identical physiological pathways, nervous system architecture, and metabolic processes with common agricultural pests, any broad-spectrum insecticide capable of killing pest flies or beetles will kill your silkworms with equal or greater potency.
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