Show I Mulberry Moth Passes Through ugh Four Stages I The mulberry moth or silk worm passes through four tour stages in two I the months the egg caterpillar and ard adult stages Within three days the female la lays s several hundred eggs ggs frequently dying before the ord ordeal al IS la over The moth never lives longer than three days and seldom moves more than three inches of its own accord during durin its short life lire Neither the made nore noro the lemale ever eats anything The adults adult s whole existence is devoted to re reproduction re- re production When it comes from the egg the caterpillar is is- no thicker than a hair but ut it eats 30 meals a day and at athe atthe atthe the he end of ot 30 days das It weighs about 0 times as much as when hatched latched The of ot what ent went Into nto the caterpillar as mulberry comes c out as silk slUt |