The silkworm Egg Hatching Kit includes: 250 ready-to-hatch normal silkworm eggs, large ventilated sterile Petri Dish-(150mm), hinged rearing container, starter silkworm food, and instructions for hatching and rearing silkworms at room temperature. The silkworm eggs hatch in about 10-days. One hundred silkworm eggs can turn into over one pound of worms in less than 30-days. The silkworms continue to feed for 40 days and then start to spin a silken cocoon with one continuous silk fiber that is about 2500 feet long! The adults emerge from the cocoon in two-three weeks. The moths do not eat or fly. They will mate, lay eggs and die within one week. This kit is supplied with instant Mulberry diet, that makes when mixed with water, about 1-pound of cheese-like artificial mulberry silkworm diet. The solidified prepared silkworm diet can be cut into strips or a cheese grater (not supplied) can be used to grate the mulberry food into the rearing container After the silkworms grow to about 1/2- 3/4-inch, they can be fed to pet reptiles. To continue their development into larger silkworms or cocoons, the silkworms will need to be fed natural mulberry leaves daily, or extra (not supplied) fresh instant mulberry. food daily. If intended for Educational life-cycle studies, the small silkworms should be transitioned to fresh Mulberry leaves or extra silkworm artificial mulberry food should be ordered with this kit. The sterile Petri-Dish offers trouble free, no mess, rearing, decreases the risk of opportunistic bacterial and viral infections and is perfect for the classroom or reptile pet owner. Silkworms are a nutritious soft bodied feeder insect for pet reptiles.