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== As food ==
[[File:Silkworm pupae to eat.jpg|thumb|Silkworm pupae dishes]] 
Silk moth pupae are [[edible insects]] and are [[Entomophagy|eaten in some cultures]]:
* In [[Assam, India]], they are boiled for extracting silk and the boiled pupae are eaten directly with salt or fried with chili pepper or herbs as a snack or dish.  Live pupae may be eaten raw, boiled or fried.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Akhtar |first=M. |date=16 July 2020 |title=In India's Northeast, a Rich Tradition of Insect Foods |url=https://science.thewire.in/environment/assam-entomophagy-silkworms-proteins-silk/ |access-date=30 October 2024 |work=[[The Wire (India)]]}}</ref>
* In [[Korea]], they are boiled and seasoned to make a popular snack food known as ''[[beondegi]]'' (번데기).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Have You Tried Steamed Silkworm Pupae? |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/beondegi-silkworm-pupae-korea |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=Atlas Obscura |language=en}}</ref>
* In [[China]], street vendors sell roasted silk moth pupae.
* In [[Japan]], silkworms are usually served as a ''[[tsukudani]]'' (佃煮), i.e., boiled in a sweet-sour sauce made with [[soy sauce]] and sugar.
* In [[Vietnam]], this is known as ''{{lang|vi|nhộng tằm}}'', usually boiled, seasoned with fish sauce, then stir-fried and eaten as main dish with rice.
* In [[Thailand]], roasted silkworm is often sold at open markets. They are also sold as packaged snacks.

Silkworms have also been proposed for cultivation by astronauts as [[space food]] on long-term missions.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2009/01/13-02.html |title=Care for a Silkworm With Your Tang? |last=Choi |first=Charles Q. |date=13 January 2009 |work=ScienceNOW Daily News |access-date=14 January 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225234236/http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2009/01/13-02.html |archive-date=25 February 2011}}</ref>