How To Breed: Waxworms

[mad baboon]

Originally Posted by Juzza12

Folllowing this guide i srarted my culture on the 10th of last month and found tiny babies today. I was going to put the tub in a dish of water to drown any escapees as i noticed they were getting through the mesh lid, thought i'd try putting a vaseline barrier around the top instead and they can't get past it.

yh once they start to climb you need somthing so stop them, i notmaly just move the culture(assuming the moths are dead) into one of those nesquick tubs when the waxies are half an inch long... that seems to keep them in ok and just open the lid everyother day to let fresh air in and they will do fine... or you can do wht you said put them in a bowl of water...

[andy123]

i have gt baby wax worms there growing fast and already some are starting to turn into moths, its good for a on going cycle as i dont have many animals which can eat many of these so it will be a good long term project as i cant use them fast enough so going to get a culture going thanks alot for doing this thread helped me big time and saved us some money

[mad baboon]

yh no probs.

[Paulusworm]

Excellent guide mate. Congrats on the sticky. Just setting mine up now with the pupae that are left over. Even my Bosc won't eat the pupae .

Originally Posted by jadeyydoe

what i was actually going to say was have you tried to eat any of that mixture cos it looks tasty xD

Yes and it is .

[mad baboon]

cool, im glad this is working so well for you guys!, i have mine off heat at the min and ive just got some babies like last week. if you put them on heat they will reach full size in like 1-2weeks .

[Nihlus]

Thinking about having a go at breeding these and was wondering if they have any heating/lighting requirements

[mad baboon]

Originally Posted by Nihlus

Thinking about having a go at breeding these and was wondering if they have any heating/lighting requirements

nope, i just leave mine onto of my leos viv, its not that warn there only like 65-70 f

but if you can put them on a heatmat it will help them get big and grow faster...

[Paulusworm]

Gonna plonk mine on top of the bosc viv and start the timer.

[Geckogirl_88]

so i just chuck in a few waxworms, wait for them to become moths nd then they ay eggs?
xx

[mad baboon]

Originally Posted by Geckogirl_88

so i just chuck in a few waxworms, wait for them to become moths nd then they ay eggs?
xx

yh i would use a minimum of 10 waxworms... i normaly wait till they turn into pupa before i put them in... but either works well..