I used to raise silkworms for the cocoons for spinning, and purchased some eggs raise up again this spring. They tend to be prolific.

OK to feed a fresh one to a garter, in case I end up with a tiny picky baby that refuses pinkies?

ZooMed offers them canned and cooked (to soften the exoskeleton, they claim - which in my experience, silkworms don't have; they have a soft skin-like outer cover). Makes me wonder they are even referring to the same worm. For spinners, silk worm raising is presented as a Spring only event, since the wind driven GMO pesticides in tasselled corn will kill them. I'm not seeing any mention of this on the reptile feeder silk worm pages I've been looking at, nor have I yet found a Latin name (Perhaps the powered mulberry food mitigates most of the risk, depending on when the leaves for that product were harvested, or, it is a different worm).

Anyone know?
Thanks.