Bombyx mori Bombyx mori The silkworm is the larva or caterpillar of the domestic silkmoth, Bombyx mori (Latin: "silkworm of the mulberry tree"). It is an economically important insect, being a primary producer of silk. A silkworm's preferred food is white mulberry leaves, though they may eat other mulberry species and even osage orange. Domestic silkmoths are closely dependent on humans for reproduction, as a result of millennia of selective breeding. Wild silkmoths are different from their domestic cousins as they have not been selectively bred; they are not as commercially viable in the production of silk. Sericulture, the practice of breeding
Maru Maru Mori Mori! the record of the longest streak on the Oricon charts. The previous record set by the 2007 song "Gake no Ue no Ponyo", the theme song of the Studio Ghibli film "Ponyo", which remained on the charts for 11 consecutive weeks in 2008. "Gake no Ue no Ponyo" featured the then 8-year old actress Nozomi Ōhashi. The song "Maru Maru Mori Mori" received the Special Award at the 53rd Japan Record Awards. Maru Maru Mori Mori! On 4 April 2011, it was announced that the theme song of the Fuji Television television drama "Marumo no Okite" will be sung by