bivoltine

Two generations yearly

Bivoltine describes organisms—especially silkworms and other insects—that produce two generations or broods per year.

The term appears in sericulture and entomology: bivoltine silkworm varieties, bivoltine breeding cycles.

Compare with univoltine (one generation yearly) and multivoltine (more than two).

lifecycle

generations

People born around same time

larvae · chrysalis · molting · instar · imago · diapause · overwintering · dormancy · emergence · broods

silkworm

mulberry

Morus tree fruit

  • cocoonSilk wrapping for transformation
  • rearingNurturing to maturity
  • silkFine woven insect fiber

filament · fiber · textile · spinning · weaving · degumming

breeding

reproduction

Copying or procreation

offspring · propagation · fecundity · oviposition · egg-laying · mating · second-generation

entomology

lepidoptera

Butterfly and moth order

pupae · antennae · proboscis · mandibles · thorax · abdomen · forewings · hindwings · scales · setae

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