Silk Moth

Silkworms are the staples of the garment industry and few would think that there is a point to letting the worms turn into a butterfly. But these moths are not as useless as it seems. First, they obviously need to make more worms that can bring you more silk cocoons and therefore, make you more rich. Secondly they can also serve as excellent messangers, because no one would dare to kill silk moths as they are protected by imperial degrees. Too much of the country's industry depends on them, to justify killing even a single one on purpose. Which means they are the number one favourite animal for spies to use for bugging important residences.   Silk moths are white little butterflies, most active at night, sustaining themselves on chewing leaves from various different types of trees. They can live only up to 5 days so even if you do not want to use them for worm production, they do not last forever and if you do have any supply of them, you must use them to eavesdrop or send messages very wisely. Usually they are only useful for one message and a reply being send back.   They are hardly bigger than a thumb and they are mostly white with the exception of their eyes and a little patch of furr behind the head which can be black, grey, or blue. That usually indicates which region these butterfly originate from and it can also hint on the type of silk thread their worms are able to produce.   Every moth must go through a full transformation into a butterfly which can take months. You are unable to use the threads for actual silk making, but whatever is left from the cocoons after a butterfly emerges gets sometimes used in magic for brewing clarity and clairvoyance potions as people believe that even those threads hold secrets.