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I agree! Today I separated close to 300 pupae from the larvae and put them in the pupae bin. I have so many beetles and pupae...I may have enough larvae to turn against me and feed me to the chickens! I am tired of separating the different stages...I fed a whole bin of remaining larva to the chickens yesterday. Now one large bin of larvae, another bin with a ton of pupae, and another bin with a butt-load of beetles. Once I start seeing new little larvae, I'm gonna put a bunch in the fridge. When all conditions are right, it seems the metamorphosis/changes in stage can occur must faster than what I previously saw posted. Seems to me like it's only taken about two weeks between each stage...larva, pupae, beetle. In six weeks, I now have so many beetles...I'm a little concerned that I don't have enough room for them. My bin almost looks like one of the temple floors full of insects on one of those "Indiana Jones" movies! My wife and kids won't even hang around when I change substrate and feed veggies...they get creeped out!
I have had a few nightmares about that same movie! Saw your BYC page looks like most are red stars and black stars. (Same as mine - 2 and 2.) Not sure about the white one.
I agree! Today I separated close to 300 pupae from the larvae and put them in the pupae bin. I have so many beetles and pupae...I may have enough larvae to turn against me and feed me to the chickens! I am tired of separating the different stages...I fed a whole bin of remaining larva to the chickens yesterday. Now one large bin of larvae, another bin with a ton of pupae, and another bin with a butt-load of beetles. Once I start seeing new little larvae, I'm gonna put a bunch in the fridge. When all conditions are right, it seems the metamorphosis/changes in stage can occur must faster than what I previously saw posted. Seems to me like it's only taken about two weeks between each stage...larva, pupae, beetle. In six weeks, I now have so many beetles...I'm a little concerned that I don't have enough room for them. My bin almost looks like one of the temple floors full of insects on one of those "Indiana Jones" movies! My wife and kids won't even hang around when I change substrate and feed veggies...they get creeped out!
I have had a few nightmares about that same movie! Saw your BYC page looks like most are red stars and black stars. (Same as mine - 2 and 2.) Not sure about the white one.