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808momof6 said:
I haven't separated any of mine yet, but I got some other drawers (more drawers) that I will move them into this weekend. I have never raised mealworms until now, so It's all new to me.  I use potatoes and carrots, too.  They go through them so fast!  How fast do you add veggies? I have to figure out how to post pics, then I can show my worms. 
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This is the first time I have grown mealworms too.... I think I had 3 beetles but I didn't know they were beetles so I killed them...
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I just thought that other bugs got in...lol Now I know NOT to kill them, I'm waiting for them to grow.... I use the baby Carrots and they love them,I have to put 4-5 in every three days or so... If I ask questions, lovemealworms helps me out.....
 
808momof6 said:
I haven't separated any of mine yet, but I got some other drawers (more drawers) that I will move them into this weekend. I have never raised mealworms until now, so It's all new to me.  I use potatoes and carrots, too.  They go through them so fast!  How fast do you add veggies? I have to figure out how to post pics, then I can show my worms. 
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when giving veggies i check all veggies thst are in with them. Every dried out or moldy looking piece i pull out and replace. Every setup will be different because of ambient humidity, temperature and how many bugs.
 
lovemealworms said:
when giving veggies i check all veggies thst are in with them. Every dried out or moldy looking piece i pull out and replace. Every setup will be different because of ambient humidity, temperature and how many bugs.
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Oh yeah, I always take the old pieces of Carrots out....We don't have much humidity up here in Montana...
 
Granny368W said:
Oh yeah, I always take the old pieces of Carrots out....We don't have much humidity up here in Montana...
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I have beetles now.... I have a question.... Do the beetles die after laying the eggs? And if so about how long does this take? Do the beetles eat the eggs or the pupae? I have all the pupae in shallow paper bowl and it is pushed down into the oatmeal and bran so when the beetles appear they can crawl out into the food.... Ugh! I'm so sorry for all the questions.... Rae
 
Granny368W said:
I have beetles now.... I have a question.... Do the beetles die after laying the eggs? And if so about how long does this take? Do the beetles eat the eggs or the pupae? I have all the pupae in shallow paper bowl and it is pushed down into the oatmeal and bran so when the beetles appear they can crawl out into the food.... Ugh! I'm so sorry for all the questions.... Rae
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my beetles are finally dieing off from my testing bins. They have been beetles for ten weeks. I had 90 die last week during the tenth week of being beetles. And almost that many already this week. The beetles will eat eggs larvae and pupaes. If they can climb out of the bowl just put it on top of the substrate so as they leave they can't climb back in. As long as you give veggies or have moist veggies in there they will mostly leave everything else alone. No problem on the questions. I like to help.
 
Thank you lovemealworms... I think k I'll just keep picking out the beetles then... I have baby Carrots in there or the beetles... Should I put in a piece of bark for the beetles to lay their eggs on? Or will they just lay their eggs in the oatmeal and bran? Oh my goodness, I just keep having questions...lol
 

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