plastic box, but as soon as I read this article I felt it was inhumane to keep them in this way. What should I do if my mealworms are stacking themselves on top of each other? Any ideas? Amphibians including frogs such as dart, salamanders, newts, toads, 3. I have never seen the worms last long enough to feed them, let alone thrive. If you find mould growing, try using a drier vegetable as your water source.

Why is this? "My younger brother has a crested gecko and he loves it very much. Be sure to kill them, because unlike mealworms, they have sticky feet and can climb out of anything.Mould is often caused by too much humidity in your container. The mealworm will turn totally black and there will be some liquid coming out of it. Instead, you’ll want to add vegetables and fruits which are high in water content. I have never seen the worms last long enough to feed them, let alone thrive. However, the one is still half connected to his exoskeleton.

I also found out how to feed them, because I was originally feeding them leftover meat scraps.

A little dish of water won’t do it, though – mealworms need to get their water from something solid, like a vegetable.

"This article helped me with my Primary 4 graded assessment." To care for mealworms, keep them in a glass, metal, or plastic container that's lined with food like grain cereal, oatmeal, or cornmeal. If it is the pupa that's being eaten, separate the beetles, pupa and mealworms into three containers. I am going to raise mealworms on my own. "Each step was clearly explained. if it doesn't fall off, then the beetle may try to bite it off, but it's best left to nature. I think I just bought large mealworms…I made sure they weren’t super or giant.I’ve been getting rid of the half morphed ones (chicken food)…but I’m wondering if it’s something I am doing or just bad genes? The video was a nice touch as well." Try putting something in their cage for them to climb onto, like the bottom half of a cardboard egg carton or the inner cardboard of a toilet paper roll (cut in half). I went out and bought a hamster transporter that was big enough to house all my mealworms. The larvae and beetles aren’t particularly adept swimmers, so adding a water dish is just going to kill them. Of course!

Thank you. " Very informative and a nice presentation. I’ve seen that before – sometimes they do get stuck. Yes! Finally, get rid of any obvious mould you see and replace it with fresh bedding.An easy way to harvest mealworms is to very finely mist 2-3 sheets of paper towel with water, only enough that is hardly damp. Greatings thomasThat’s exactly what I do and it makes it so easy to get them!I have three mealworms in the pupa stage in the container i got the mealworms in for my beardie. You’ll know if you have this infestation because you’ll see moths fluttering around, and you’ll find webs in the bedding. If the mealworm has a darker bulge on its stomach, it is most likely female.

Whenever I check the meal worms box, i see that the pupae are eaten with meal worms. It’s only the second generation so inbreeding shouldn’t be the reason.I’m going to experiment with it and make separate beetle bins: one for the small beetles and one for the large beetles. This is my first time caring for mealworms and i wanted to raise them until they turned into darkling beetles.

Hes been like that for almost 4 days now. Fold over a couple of time and lay it on top of the bedding. Their larvae look like little white inchworms and spin a web in the bedding. A picture is worth a thousand words." I also found out how to feed them, because I was originally feeding them leftover meat scraps. Separate them from their bedding either by sifting them through a sieve or by picking them out one by one. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/1\/11\/Care-for-Mealworms-Step-1-Version-3.jpg\/v4-460px-Care-for-Mealworms-Step-1-Version-3.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/1\/11\/Care-for-Mealworms-Step-1-Version-3.jpg\/aid113173-v4-728px-Care-for-Mealworms-Step-1-Version-3.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":"728","bigHeight":"546","licensing":"