Mealworm farming

[bobbyc1970]

I use oatmeal that is sealed. But other substrate might be a great idea

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[andrea98]

I have a beetle !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And tons if pupa !!!

 

[bobbyc1970]

Update: cleaning my first bin. Have been leaving this one alone. Well checked today. WOW

Theres at the very least 10,000 mealies in there. Going to freeze alot and start some other bins. The pupae and beetles are going to the other bins. There is alot. Will post pics

 

[bobbyc1970]

Congrats

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[anklebiter]

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Yes, this is true. However, the purchase I made from them was from their eBay auctions that had no set price and no reserve. I paid well below their site's selling price (and what members on here are selling for) for these.

Won't do that again, as they're just doing that to bump up their eBay Seller's Stats. They are now listing the auctions at a set price. Oh well, took advantage of it while I could.

 

[hannakat]

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That's very good advise. You can nuke it too. Some people like to freeze it but my personal preference is nuking it.

 

[freshfish]

does anyone feed their mealworms Nopal cactus???

I just started my mealworm farm and so far everything is going good.

John

 

[onafixedincome]

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For whatever reason, this forum hates my camera, but I can try when I find another one, if I do now that they are moved around and dried out...maybe a bit much dried out--I put a few drops of weakish tea on a piece of stale bread and started a stampede...!

You guys are awesome--do you realize just how popular this thread IS? Holy Chickpeas, Batman! Amazing.

Keep up the good work!

(And I found four pupae so far...but the first one is about a third the size of the others, but otherwise identical. Did it just pupate early?)

Thanks!

 

[Mommato5]

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I am ashamed to admit it but my 3 year old was watching beetle porn this morning while I made her lunch.

It starts so early with this younger generation.....

Unfortunately, for all involved, she jiggled the drawer and the beetles moved on to other activities.

 

[onafixedincome]

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Particularly those from 1 to 93 or so.

And yes, they do have a Bug Love section!