Calling JOEBRYANT!...JOEBRYANT! Meal Worms on line 2! Pick-up, Please!

[redhen]

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remember, it will take a long time to get the whole thing going...they have to turn into pupae/beetles.. and then i forget how long until i finally saw some baby worms.

 

[maplesky7]

wormy wormy

so if i catch me some beetles can i start mealworm farming? or do i have to find the worms?

 

[maplesky7]

http://lhsfoss.org/fossweb/teachers/materials/plantanimal/tenebriobeetles.html


look down on the bottom at the chart with time lines. pretty nifty.

 

[redhen]

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The beetles will work because they lay the eggs...Just make sure you get the right kind of beetle!

 

[maplesky7]

I've found stag beetles too... what kind of thing do they lay, me wonders?

Oh but stag beetle has no tootsies... the cat ate them off.

 

[maplesky7]

http://www.sialis.org/raisingmealworms.htm


oooh look at the pictures of bugs.

 

[maplesky7]

aaaaah stag beetles fly???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flying_Stagg.jpg

 

[redhen]

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How bored are we?..talking bugs on a Sat afternoon...

 

[maplesky7]

I'm pinching your head.

 

[redhen]

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And look at those pincers! AHH!