Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture

natural silk (secreted by silkworm)

sericulturist

silkworm eggs

see 蠶蔟|蚕蔟[can2 cu4]

Can Cong, legendary creator of silk and sericulture

silkworm eggs

see 蠶蔟|蚕蔟[can2 cu4]

silkworm guano (excrement)

a silkworm's period of inactivity prior to molting

the common silkworm (Bombyx mori)

Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4]

silkworms fed on the leaves of the 柘[zhe4] tree

silkworm

genus Nereis, with species including the sandworm and the clam worm