Updated project metadata. We collected a total of 9.8 million mass spectra data generated in the laboratory from the proteomics analyses of different silkworm tissues, including the posterior silk gland 29, middle silk gland 30, ovary and testis 31, head 32, brain, prothoracic glands, subesophageal ganglion 33, hemolymph 34, fat body 35 and embryo 36,37 of domestic silkworm, and the posterior silk gland of wild silkworm 38.