Mealworm Life Cycle

[Kev132]

Good post,

we however do it on a larger scale... and have 5 containers with about an inch or 2 of bran in, once we see baby mealies we move the beetles on to thenext container, and by the time they get back round to the top one, all the mealies have been used.... thus giving us a constant easy to sort supply of the same size mealies...

[freekygeeky]

Originally Posted by platypus

In a nerdy way or coarse . I have been inspired to set up a mealworm farm ,as this last couple of weeks i cannot get enough mealies when i need them . So big thanks to freeky for an excellent thread .

hehe thankyou

Originally Posted by Kev132

Good post,

we however do it on a larger scale... and have 5 containers with about an inch or 2 of bran in, once we see baby mealies we move the beetles on to thenext container, and by the time they get back round to the top one, all the mealies have been used.... thus giving us a constant easy to sort supply of the same size mealies...

cool
we have only one container, as we dontt have enpugh room!! lol
they now been moved up to a 1.5 x 1.5 ish ocontainer however.
i use the tiny mealworms for newts the next size up for baby leos, and middle ones for younger leos and adults for leos
clever you seeeee lol

[the-tick]

my attempt at a cultre is resulting in a shed load (not really a shed) of beetles and sainsbury basic weetabix make a great sub by the way

[Esfa]

Woop! I have my first alien today!

[the-tick]

I have loads if you want (grumbles) where are the damn babies

[herp boy]

i have about 100 in a cricket tub with oats as a substrate and a little egg box for them to go on, i also have a piece of bread for them to lay their eggs on. it's been 4 months now and i dont have any mealworms, what am i doing wrong?

[freekygeeky]

Originally Posted by herp boy

i have about 100 in a cricket tub with oats as a substrate and a little egg box for them to go on, i also have a piece of bread for them to lay their eggs on. it's been 4 months now and i dont have any mealworms, what am i doing wrong?

you must have!!!
they are there search i say serach!! but though, ina cricket tub, thats far to small, maybe gettign eaten?

[herp boy]

thanks i'll try putting them in a larger box

[Rou]

Freeky my boyfriend keeps asking if mealies will/can eat meat and if so do they not become malnourished if they need the meat.

I feed my mealies on oatibix, veggie peelings, fish flakes and pellets and anything else really but he got me doubting what I was doing as I don't really know the answer.

I keep thinking about this question as to me it seems silly but as mealies have a tendency to eat other mealies I just wanted to ask lol.



Thankyouuuuuu x

[freekygeeky]

they can eat meat yea
people use them like maggots to strip carcasses..

but i wouldnnt advise feeding them, if your breeding them

Originally Posted by Rou

Freeky my boyfriend keeps asking if mealies will/can eat meat and if so do they not become malnourished if they need the meat.

I feed my mealies on oatibix, veggie peelings, fish flakes and pellets and anything else really but he got me doubting what I was doing as I don't really know the answer.

I keep thinking about this question as to me it seems silly but as mealies have a tendency to eat other mealies I just wanted to ask lol.



Thankyouuuuuu x