Mealworm Shortage

[roaches42993]

What do you mean?

they woudl be more active and have a better survival rate I would Guess.....

 

[roaches42993]

http://thewormshop.com/Buy/Mealworms

Hes got some left . There on Ebay ...lol

Current bid is $37 for 5000 ends in 5 days

also http://www.ghann.com/store/store_sub.cfm?Category_ID=2 seems to have alot

IF those guys sell out I have a couple 100 to spare but only once those guys are all out

 

[shadowx362]

http://thewormshop.com/Buy/Mealworms

Hes got some left . There on Ebay ...lol

Current bid is $37 for 5000 ends in 5 days

Now which breeder is going to win........Its funny thinking all you guys trying to win the same thing LOL. I am glad i only feed my babies mealworsm which i breed myself. The rest only eat crickets . Well except for the one I bought from Harold. I dont know if this adds to the mealworms thing, but about half of my bettles died in less than a week. Hope for the best for all your hungry geckos.

 

[Baker14]

I actually have a pretty succselful breeding colony right now. I have about 1000+ mealworms that are ready to be eaten from my own colony, plus 4 trays of newly hatched mealworms.

 

[shadowx362]

I think I found a place to get them
http://www.bae.ncsu.edu/topic/vermicomposting/vermiculture/resource.html
I get mealworms sometimes from
Bond Worm Farm, Inc.
Wanda Bond
900 Bliss Road, Ceres, CA 95307
(209) 537-2423, Fax (209) 537-3142

 

[Kotsay1414]

Is there any reason for the shortage?

 

[AntMan612]

Apparently, there was some sort of catastrophe that cause eggs not to hatch, and it may last for the entire season. I'd hate to go back to feeding crickets!

I just saw a lot of suppliers are stating there is a nationwide shortage. Does anyone know why/how this happened?

 

[ataber]

i think some of it has to do with the demand this time of year but maybe something happened??

 

[LeosForLess]

I just saw a lot of suppliers are stating there is a nationwide shortage. Does anyone know why/how this happened?

i just googled nationwide mealworm shortage and tons of sites came up saying they werent selling but none saying the reason

 

[LeosForLess]

http://nature.gardenweb.com/forums/load/bluebird/msg05152107990.html?6

theres a lil info there, i think its like the silkworm shortage

 

[Kotsay1414]

Thanks for the link Paul... interesting read.

 

[LadyGecko]

WOW-I will have to touch base with my "bug guy" who lives about 10 miles from me

He raises crickets-mealworms and supers and since I don't have any babies and I feed my juvies and adults crix and supers-I rarely use mealwoms

I will ask him if he is having any problems hatching them out etc.when I place my next bug order

Sandy

 

[Vamp523]

so this shortage can go on for a long time? I was about to place an order on mealies since my dragon is killing me....

 

[roaches42993]

Depends how long it takes the major mealworm suppliers to get there stock back up . I would personally find someone local who breeds them and doesn't mass advertise or breed them yourself for the time being .

You could also switch to crickets(eww!) or roaches until its over .

 

[hopingforbabies]

I just ordered 2000 for $23.95 shipped from LLL Reptile.Who knows,maybe they will call me tomorrow and tell me they are out!

 

[bitterbeauty]

Holy crap this sucks. You should all try ebay for live mealies.

I am in the process of trying to breed mealies and I hope I am successful! ugh.

 

[hopingforbabies]

I got them from ebay last time.I got 5000,I think it was around $35. shipped.Now it is almost $40. without shipping.I just started trying to breed them.

 

[ordinaryoddity]

i just ordered a few hundred from ghanns

im a new customer, so that was my first order

 

[Leopardbreeder]

Hi everyone, I think I might be able to shed some light on this situation.

I have talked to Jack Armstrong a few time in the past 2 weeks, and he has informed me that no one knows why this is happening. He has met with a few breeders and still, he has no idea. I have some other info that I know, but I do not want to say anything that isn't true. Also, a few people claim that the beetles are becoming Sterile. They aren't able to get any eggs or worms.

He has no idea when this will end, or why.

I will let everyone know what else I hear.

 

[hopingforbabies]

I got my mealworms from LLL today.They look good.They must come from Rainbow Mealworms,it says it on the box.Maybe give LLL a try.