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

[redhen]

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AHH! yeah, not a good thing..

Alot of protein though...

Well in that case..

Anything so I don't have to get off my butt and fix more food.

You may be on to something here....

 

[redhen]

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You goof!

 

[maplesky7]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucanus_cervus


stag


i have a ton of those grub things that are like a c... that's the stag beetle? very interesting. i have my dds feed them to the chickens.

 

[maplesky7]

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Wonder what it is... Catch some and see what they turn out to be..

why did it wiggle out and die? do I leave it in dirt and a potato for moisture?

 

[Eggs4Sale]

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I'm assuming you're not playing 'Win, Lose or Draw' with the Sharpies! Except maybe on someone's bald head? I think the alcohol-absorbing granola is a great idea. Probably more nutritious than what they normally eat!

Redhen, you could set up a mail-order pupae business. Overhead costs= envelopes, duct tape, and stamps.

 

[redhen]

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Wonder what it is... Catch some and see what they turn out to be..

why did it wiggle out and die? do I leave it in dirt and a potato for moisture?

Maybe..try that..and if you find it on a leaf add some leaves in there too...maybe they eat the leaves...

 

[redhen]

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Ahh! Now THOSE things really creep me out!

OMG! those pinchers!

 

[maplesky7]

this is interesting... stag beetle is on the protected species list in Canada did it say?

http://maria.fremlin.de/stagbeetles/lifecycle.html


4-6 years... wow.

 

[maplesky7]

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why did it wiggle out and die? do I leave it in dirt and a potato for moisture?

Maybe..try that..and if you find it on a leaf add some leaves in there too...maybe they eat the leaves...

I put it on a leaf but it came from the dirt when i was digging up weeds.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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Your best bet is to have someone send you a starter colony, which would have beetles, pupae, and worms in it. Then you wouldn't have to wait for the worms to start up.