FINALLY!

[LizMarie]

Months ago I took 127 mealworm Beetles and placed them in a container with oatmeal and carrots. For months I checked the container but NOTHING they refused to breed but I felt bad throwing them out. Since I took the day to clean my feeders I decided let me just throw these beetles out since most had died anyway but surprise, surprise!!! When I looked into the bedding I saw tiny little mealworms!!!! Plus roaches ended having babies!!!

I'm having a GOOD DAY! After months of crappiness!

 

[leoman777]

that happend to me too i checked in my failed mealworm bins yesterday and i have 2 bins full of babies!! thats kinda weird

 

[whkrazyk]

it might have been the temp, my beetles were kept at about 92 deg. and they were going at it like jack rabbits

 

[leoman777]

i saw the beetles "playing" but i never saw any eggs or worms until they all died forgot about them and checked yesterday and the tubs weere full of worms

 

[charlie476]

I had the same problem when I first got mine back in nov/dec I thought I had way to many beetles per container and that they were eating the eggs. However A good while went by then i found them as well. I kept mine at a consistent 78-80 degrees in winter time. RH plays a large factor in the amount of eggs they lay so perhaps that was part of it to.

 

[gothra]

It can take months for the baby mealworms to show up! Have you tried breeding superworms? I only have 6 superworm beetles, and I have hundreds of worms in a months time! I'm planning to switch from mealworm breeding to superworm breeding from now on!

 

[ariana]

when do you take the beetles out of the container?

 

[LizMarie]

It can take months for the baby mealworms to show up! Have you tried breeding superworms? I only have 6 superworm beetles, and I have hundreds of worms in a months time! I'm planning to switch from mealworm breeding to superworm breeding from now on!

I like supers a lot more but I was just bored and wanted to try the mealworms because I had 127 beetles under my bed and I felt bad throwing them out, lol. I keep experimenting with feeders soon I'll be overrun with feeders.

I have these new mealworm babies, breeding dubias and I'm considering supers but only have one leo at the moment, lol.. And she's pretty fincky