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Articles: Silk Caterpillar's Life Cycle

Times are approximate as the caterpillars grow faster if they are well fed and nicely warm.

9 months	Eggs in the fridge
2 weeks	Eggs out of fridge to hatching
4 weeks	Hatchlings through last molt
10 days	Last molt till begin to spin
3 days	Spinning
3 weeks	As pupa inside cocoon
1 week	As moth, mate, lay eggs, die happy
9 months	Eggs in the fridge

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