Are bamboo worms and silkworms the same?

Bamboo worm is also called bamboo bee and bamboo maggot, and Guangning people call it "bamboo shoot maggot". Bamboo worm is the larva of bamboo elephant, which is a pest that harms bamboo forest. When eggs lay eggs and hatch in tender bamboo, larvae grow by sucking the meat and water on the inner wall of bamboo. Once they are hurt, tender bamboo can't grow into wood. Bamboo worms are white and shaped like cordyceps sinensis. People boil bamboo worms in boiling water, then fry them in oil and eat them. They are very crisp and delicious. Parasitic in groups on annual bamboo shoots, the eating state of bamboo insects is larvae, and it appears from 10 to February of the following year.

Silkworm is the larva of silkworm moth and the main source of silk raw materials, which plays an important role in human economic life and cultural history. Originated in northern China, the main food is mulberry leaves, and goose dishes can also be supplemented. Cocoon is made of continuous silk with a length of 300~900 meters (1000~3000 feet). Silkworms and pupae are edible and have therapeutic effects. Adult moths cannot fly. They are also called "silkworm moths". They are only used to spawn and reproduce, and die after spawning. Because of its long history and important economic value, silkworm genes have become an important research object of modern science.