Mealworm Life Cycle

[the-tick]

can you do the same for super worms ???

[olliesarea]

Hi,
I use crushed weetabix for my mealworm substrate, I have way over 100 aliens in a separate tub at the moment, how long do they remain aliens at room temperature, i think its 2 weeks but I'm not really sure. when they hatch out i will leave them for a day an then move them to another tub filled with weetabix, every 2 days i will then take out the weetabix (leave the beetles behind) and replace with fresh. the old weetabix (filled with eggs) will then go into another bigger tub, which will gradually fill up over 2 or 3 weeks. this will then become my main colony.
Here is my vid: YouTube - How to breed Mealworms and Waxworms easily
I basically want to know if this method will work, and what you think on it?
many thanks,
Ollie

[Mouki]

Originally Posted by olliesarea

Hi,
I use crushed weetabix for my mealworm substrate, I have way over 100 aliens in a separate tub at the moment, how long do they remain aliens at room temperature, i think its 2 weeks but I'm not really sure. when they hatch out i will leave them for a day an then move them to another tub filled with weetabix, every 2 days i will then take out the weetabix (leave the beetles behind) and replace with fresh. the old weetabix (filled with eggs) will then go into another bigger tub, which will gradually fill up over 2 or 3 weeks. this will then become my main colony.
Here is my vid: YouTube - How to breed Mealworms and Waxworms easily
I basically want to know if this method will work, and what you think on it?
many thanks,
Ollie

arghhh i tell you what, ive tried breeding mealies and they just stay as worms for ages and ages and they wont turn into aliens...grr...
how long does it take for a mealworm to turn into an alien. and how long from an alien to a bug, then how long from a bug to baby mealies when i finally do get aliens, i will try this method! stoopid mealworms, when i want them to stay as worms so i can feed them to lizards they change and when i want them to become aliens they won't...typical

[REDDEV1L]

As a rough estimate, it has taken my lot 5 months for a full cycle (ie Beetles started emerging end of december, baby mealies seen in early feb, and now aliens and beetles end of april into may)

Seing alot of my original beetles dying off now tho

[Juzza12]

Originally Posted by the-tick

can you do the same for super worms ???

Breeding morios is a little bit different but very easy. You have to seperate each worm or they won't turn into aliens

[olliesarea]

Originally Posted by Mouki

arghhh i tell you what, ive tried breeding mealies and they just stay as worms for ages and ages and they wont turn into aliens...grr...
how long does it take for a mealworm to turn into an alien. and how long from an alien to a bug, then how long from a bug to baby mealies when i finally do get aliens, i will try this method! stoopid mealworms, when i want them to stay as worms so i can feed them to lizards they change and when i want them to become aliens they won't...typical

Not sure about how long they stay mealworms, probably 3-4 months. but if you buy an adult tub, they will take about 2-3 weeks to turn into aliens, then 2 weeks as aliens, then 2-3 weeks as beetles.

[Nerve]

So it begins... small scale mealworm colony woot

[Esfa]

aliens freak me out

[amy101]

this is a dead good thread
i set my breeding colony up a few months ago.
but then i gave up on it, i came to fetch my tub down to throw them away the other day and i had a little rummage to see if there was any still alive to feed, an low an behold i found babies, and beetles still alive, so ive topped up the tub and im giving it another try

[Mouki]

Originally Posted by olliesarea

Not sure about how long they stay mealworms, probably 3-4 months. but if you buy an adult tub, they will take about 2-3 weeks to turn into aliens, then 2 weeks as aliens, then 2-3 weeks as beetles.

Haha finalyy...i have some aliens and now they've turned into beetles....
my little mealworm farm is going good