any one got any advice on breeding mealworms?

dont put them in fridge if your goin breed, and add newspaper to keep them apart so they dont sweat, thats all the advice i can offer sorry

nice one thanks

Hi,
If your gonna bread the king mealworms you will need to seperate them in order for them to pupate into beatles. I find the little pots that photographic films come in to be perfect for the job. Just make a small hole in the lids and pop one worm with a tiny amount of bran into each pot. Then its just a waiting game, it can take a good few weeks for them to turn into pupa, once they have you can put them into a larger container and wait that bit longer for the beetle to emerge. It can take months and months for this to happen if they are kept together. I read that keeping them in seperate pots causes stress and that its needed to make them change!......good luck!

Chris

thanks chris ive put a couple in seperate tubs want 2 sure wot 2 put in so i put the grain stuff u get when u buy the mealies and a bit ov news paper to hold it all in (im using empty waxworms tubs)
ive got a couple ov nymphs already and 2 beetles yay

If you are breeding the small mealies as opposed to the giant ones you do not need to seperate them. All I do is remove the nymphs as they appear and place them in a seperate container. Very rapidly they become beetles which I feed with bug grub and fresh veg. Once they have died off I leave the bug grub alone and after a few weeks it is teaming with mealworms. I found neglect and patience helpful here!

Giant mealworms are more challenging but I have taken advice from others on the forum and separated them out - I currently am patiently waiting for change!


Roy

Roy,
You could be waiting a long time if you keep them together, i got to 5 moths before i gave up and seperated them!.......good luck!!

Mealies must love me. I have a continuous cycle of mealworms, pupae and beetles and have not had to buy any for sometime. The giant mealworms are a different challenge and I agree that they need separating to produce pupae. On the advice of members of the forum I separated my giant mealworms and have now got my first pupae. I await the beetles and still have to await their reproduction but maybe they will love me too, (as long as no one tells them that they are bred for food!)
Roy

i dont know if this is just me but they seem 2 pupate faster in sand, i put some in my leos mealworm dish and whith a bit ov sand fallin in give it till the morn and loads av pupated were as they take weeks in the normal tubs. is this usual?

its because its warm..

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