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Insects eat parts of red mulberry trees (Morus rubra).
Specifically, the Comstock mealybug (Pseudococcus comstocki), the cottony maple scale (Pulvinaria innumerabilis) and the European fruit lecanium(Parthenolecanium corni) feed on the tree's leaves. The American plum (Euzophera semifuneralis) and the mulberry (Doraschema wildii) borers favor the tree's stems and twigs. Additionally, leaf pathogens (Cercospora, Mycosphaerella mori, Pseudomonas mori) attack the leaves while witches' broom (Microstoma juglandis) affects branches.
Any fruit eating bird or small mammal will happily eat mulberries. In its native range of the Eastern USA and Canada, the fruits are consumed by Jays, cardinals, finches, mockingbirds, orioles and woodpeckers. Whilst small mammals such as raccoons, opossums and squirrels regularly enjoy the bounty of a mulberry tree.
Silkworms were noted for their dependance on eating mulberry leaves.
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What does the silk worm feed on?
Silkworms only thrive on the leaves of the mullberry tree.
What tree do silk worms live on?
Silk worms are fed on the leaves of the Black Mulberry (Morus nigra)
What textile is made from the cocoons of caterpillars that eat the leaves of the mulberry tree?
The textile that is made from the cocoons of caterpillars that eat the leaves of the mulberry tree is silk. It takes about 35 days of eating mulberry leaves before the caterpillar will spin a cocoon of silk.
What is an example of the transfer of matter?
deer eats leaves from the tree.. i think deer eats leaves from the tree.. i think deer eats leaves from the tree.. i think
What plant does the silkworm eat?
Silkworms are the larvae of any number of species of moths, collectively called Silk Moths. The species used for nearly all commercial silk is Bombyx mori. and they are highly "host specific" meaning the organism (the symbiont) depends upon one particular species of plants, animal, or insect for its host, and they will only eat Mullberry leaves.
Which leaves form the diet of the silkworm?
The silkworm feeds mainly on the leaves of the mulberry tree. Silk growers provide their charges with fresh leaves daily to keep them growing and happy.
Does the weeping mulberry tree lose leaves in fall?
Yes, it is deciduous.
What worm prefers the mulberry?
Silkworms eat mulberry leaves. The white mulberry tree, native to China, is the preferred food source.
What animal eats sycamore trees?
no known animal eats the sycamore tree
How does a garriffe eat?
he eats the leaves for the tree tops
What animal eats a cottonwood tree?
Beavers do.
What are the favorite trees of the silkworm?
The most favorite tree of the silkworm is the Mulberry tree. There are many different species of the Mulberry tree that silkworms will eat from.
