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post #61 of 5932
4/30/11 at 1:33pm

Leave the beetles until you know they have laid their eggs...like above, wait until tehy die..if you have them in a substrate of oatmeal or bran..they will do fine

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post #62 of 5932
4/30/11 at 1:34pm

Sweet..I just looked in my box and these new worms I got last week...have already started to pupate!! big_smile

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post #63 of 5932
4/30/11 at 1:34pm

Ok, thanks. I've had beetles for almost a month now and they aren't dying. Or maybe they are eating the dead. That might make more sense!

Proud owner of 3 Red Star hens, 5 white silkies, 1 buff silkie, 1 silkie/red star mix, 2 NH Reds, 3 barred Rocks, 3 Black stars, 1 white terrier mix, 1 hard headed fat Chihuahua, 2 schnauzer mixes, 1 giant male tabby cat (bigger than any of the dogs), and one loving/patient SO, 2 stepsons, and a meal worm colony.  Gig' em Aggies!

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Proud owner of 3 Red Star hens, 5 white silkies, 1 buff silkie, 1 silkie/red star mix, 2 NH Reds, 3 barred Rocks, 3 Black stars, 1 white terrier mix, 1 hard headed fat Chihuahua, 2 schnauzer mixes, 1 giant male tabby cat (bigger than any of the dogs), and one loving/patient SO, 2 stepsons, and a meal worm colony.  Gig' em Aggies!

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post #64 of 5932
4/30/11 at 1:37pm
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Ok, thanks. I've had beetles for almost a month now and they aren't dying. Or maybe they are eating the dead. That might make more sense!


Are they in bran or oatmeal?

Education is thus a most powerful ally of humanism, every American school is a school of humanism. What can a theistic Sunday school's meeting for an hour once a week & teaching only a fraction of the children do to stem the tide of the five-day program of humanistic teaching?" - Charles F. Potter, "Humanism: A New Religion," 1930
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post #65 of 5932
4/30/11 at 1:38pm

Here is a good page on the life cycle

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/beetles/mealworm/mealwormlifecycle.shtml

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post #66 of 5932
4/30/11 at 1:41pm

Are they in bran or oatmeal?


gound up dogfood, oatmeal, and bran meal mixed along with some layer crumbles. a few potato slices and a damp paper towel on a tray.

Proud owner of 3 Red Star hens, 5 white silkies, 1 buff silkie, 1 silkie/red star mix, 2 NH Reds, 3 barred Rocks, 3 Black stars, 1 white terrier mix, 1 hard headed fat Chihuahua, 2 schnauzer mixes, 1 giant male tabby cat (bigger than any of the dogs), and one loving/patient SO, 2 stepsons, and a meal worm colony.  Gig' em Aggies!

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Proud owner of 3 Red Star hens, 5 white silkies, 1 buff silkie, 1 silkie/red star mix, 2 NH Reds, 3 barred Rocks, 3 Black stars, 1 white terrier mix, 1 hard headed fat Chihuahua, 2 schnauzer mixes, 1 giant male tabby cat (bigger than any of the dogs), and one loving/patient SO, 2 stepsons, and a meal worm colony.  Gig' em Aggies!

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post #67 of 5932
4/30/11 at 1:44pm

I would remove the damp papertowel. The meal needs top stay dry. You are in FLorida with high humidity. You only need a couple of slices of potato or carrot. When I got mine, they went nuts the first day and ate carrot and potato like crazy..then they just stopped..but the meal needs to stay dry..are they in a warm place?

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post #68 of 5932
4/30/11 at 1:49pm

Covered back porch. Highs in the 80-85 range, lows upper 60's-low 70's.
Definitely high humidity. I left the paper towel in there because they are eating it and hiding between the sheets.

Proud owner of 3 Red Star hens, 5 white silkies, 1 buff silkie, 1 silkie/red star mix, 2 NH Reds, 3 barred Rocks, 3 Black stars, 1 white terrier mix, 1 hard headed fat Chihuahua, 2 schnauzer mixes, 1 giant male tabby cat (bigger than any of the dogs), and one loving/patient SO, 2 stepsons, and a meal worm colony.  Gig' em Aggies!

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Proud owner of 3 Red Star hens, 5 white silkies, 1 buff silkie, 1 silkie/red star mix, 2 NH Reds, 3 barred Rocks, 3 Black stars, 1 white terrier mix, 1 hard headed fat Chihuahua, 2 schnauzer mixes, 1 giant male tabby cat (bigger than any of the dogs), and one loving/patient SO, 2 stepsons, and a meal worm colony.  Gig' em Aggies!

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post #69 of 5932
4/30/11 at 1:53pm
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Originally Posted by GiddyMoon 

Sweet..I just looked in my box and these new worms I got last week...have already started to pupate!! big_smile


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7 chickens, 3 cats, 2 dogs .... and a VERY DH. 
My mealworm farm http://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=59623-mealworm-fam-experiences

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.   Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

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post #70 of 5932
4/30/11 at 1:54pm

You might want to try plain newspaper instead..no wetness to it.

Education is thus a most powerful ally of humanism, every American school is a school of humanism. What can a theistic Sunday school's meeting for an hour once a week & teaching only a fraction of the children do to stem the tide of the five-day program of humanistic teaching?" - Charles F. Potter, "Humanism: A New Religion," 1930
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