my first mealworm bettle!!!

[punkflash54]

im excited! i just checked on my mealworms the other day and i saw one bettle!!! im trying to breed them...currently i have about 75 mealworms! a bunch of them have pupated but havent turned into beetles yet!

 

[carpetgnome]

That is great, good luck with the breeding.

 

[Inlovewithherps]

Aww...I'm jealous :main_yes:
I have 8 aliens so far but no beetles yet. Good luck breeding and congrats on your beetle.

 

[CSgecko]

i have a few aliens that i can see. no beetles yet. I think that me leos will eat all the rest of my worms tho so im gunna have to order some more gud luk:main_thumbsup:

 

[punkflash54]

thanks! i have a bunch of aliens too but i have only found that one beetle....im hoping more will pop up soon!

 

[Inlovewithherps]

I spoke too soon, I finally have a beetle! :main_thumbsup:

 

[punkflash54]

yay! congrats on the beatle!!

 

[Evergreen]

I have about 20 aliens right now and 50 or so mealies close to alien, myself. Never thought I'd say this but.. I can't wait till I get some beetles!

 

[Inlovewithherps]

Congratultions Evergreen!! I never thought that I'd be so excited about bugs.

LOl :2thumbsup:

 

[leolover2]

Congrats and good luck breeding.

 

[2.1SRR.YYC]

I just started my mealworm colony about two months ago by placing the aliens that pop up in the feeding bowls into a tub of substrate in my rack. A few days ago I took all the beetles out and placed them into a new tub as the first tub was teeming with mealworms. The worms are still too small to feed but I should get over 500 feeder size mealworms in a few weeks.

Anyone know an easy way to get the worms out of the substrate? I heard that you could strain them out but my substrate is too large for that. As a result my second batch will have a much finer grade of substrate. I blended it into a very fine mixture this time and should have no problem straining the second batch.

It’s remarkably easy to grow your own!

 

[GoGo]

Were growing our own too but so far weve have about maybe half a dozen or a dozen beetles running around, a ton fo aliens, and som emealworms, but no little babies yet.

 

[trizzypballr]

good luck on picking those mealworms out, the only thing i know to tell ya is start picking now because it will take you awhile. lol. id dump it all out somewhere where you can lay it all out super thin so you can start at 1 side and work your way to the other and shouldnt miss very many at all that way

 

[2.1SRR.YYC]

good luck on picking those mealworms out, the only thing i know to tell ya is start picking now because it will take you awhile. lol. id dump it all out somewhere where you can lay it all out super thin so you can start at 1 side and work your way to the other and shouldnt miss very many at all that way

That's what I was afraid of...

Oh well, I'll just wait until they're larger and spread them out one handfull at a time...beats cleaning gecko poop!

Lesson learned!