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A girl in the foreground brushes away dried pieces of mulberry leaves from the feeding trays with a feather, and the placing of the trays upon racks where they are kept at an even temperature while the caterpillars are dormant. This is the first dormant phase which takes place ten days after hatching, when the worms begin to turn white. During this dormant phase the paper containing the worms is covered with a layer of race bran, over which is stretched a net that the worms crawl up on as they awaken.
Part: print, Aspect: medium, Description: ink (colour)
Part: support, Material: paper | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.prints.313903 | Go to resource |
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