Gecko/Tree Frog Food ???

[Britanica]

So I got 500 meal worms and 500 wax worms online. I was overwhelmed by them when I seen them like omgosh... So many bugs! But my question is... How should I keep them so they live for a few months without turning into moths/beetles?

I plan on giving the geckos the wax worms once a week with meal worms as a staple since they don't seem to care to much for crickets and feeding the tree frogs, since both are native to Ohio, the wax worms with crickets. I figured they would eat them as moths and as worms.

I have the meals and waxs in a small dorm fridge in my pantry. The meals are in a shipping box and the waxs are in a plastic container with a lid. Both have air ventilation so no worries! I took some wax worms out and put them in a 10 gallon tank with wood blocks (to climb on), raw honey and wheat germ for gut loading before I put them in the tree frog tank to do their thing.

I am new to this 100% as I normally bought the live bugs from the pet store each week and never had to worry about it but since they kept running low and we have to drive like 15 minutes away to get to the pet store which is a pain in the butt to go every week, i decided to order them bulk online.

Please give me some suggestions on this. lol

 

[stager]

I keep in fridge in dry oat meal, let them warm once a week to feed. And keep the ones I need for a few days room temp with carrots or some veggie to gut load. That's for mealies, for wax I just leave in fridge. Check feeder section here has good info.