Mealworm Life Cycle

[freekygeeky]

Originally Posted by zippy4emma

i found my first baby mealworm today, omg they are really small, i kept losing it in my hand!
all credit to freeky geeky for making this thread
how long does it take for the to reach adult size?

Originally Posted by Juzza12

I've got loads of babies now so i've moved the beetles on to another tub. How long does it take them to get to the size of regular mealies?

AGES AGES AGES lol
but once they start they dont stop so to speak

i had a go at wax worm breeding, and failed!

good to know that from this thread so many peopel have started to breed thei own mealiies !!

[Parky]

Originally Posted by freekygeeky

i had a go at wax worm breeding, and failed!

whys that? i heard that they are quite hard to breed.

[Juzza12]

This thread really helped me, it's probably the most helpful sticky i've read

[Parky]

ive made a rather grizzly discovery as ive come back home, basically i have a plastic cup full of mealies that had died. Since the beetles started coming there have been a few that have not developed properly so ive had to unfortunatley crush their heads and put them with the dead mealies. But, i came back today, and there are still beetles with crushed heads twitching and moving around!! It really doesnt kill them! ive found numerous in this mealie graveyard, not to mention mealies I THOUGHT were dead which have now developed into beetles in a mass of mealworm corpses. Uhm so yeah, i feel slightly bad atm hehe. but apart from that, cultures going fine, the beetles love the bread ive put in there!

[wacky69]

we gonna give it a go me thinks with 11 leos and more coming will save us a fortune

[Juzza12]

Get going that wacky cos this is taking a looong time lol

[wacky69]

got a few alien things already

[freekygeeky]

hehe well done everyone!

just rememebr it does take AGES to get babies, and for the babies to grow in to good sized mealies..

[repkid]

Originally Posted by freekygeeky

AGES AGES AGES lol
but once they start they dont stop so to speak

i had a go at wax worm breeding, and failed!

good to know that from this thread so many peopel have started to breed thei own mealiies !!

Thanks you for this thread!


I have about 200 aliens atm but no beetles.

[Parky]

Originally Posted by repkid

Thanks you for this thread!


I have about 200 aliens atm but no beetles.

youll find one beetle, then tonnes will start popping up out of nowhere. i love it :P.
how long have you had the aliens for??