superworm colony question

[jaredm3624]

what is the best way to keep a super worm colony? I can't seem to make little ones. I buy 100 superworms at a time, and I go through them kind of fast with 7 adults feeding on them. I'm about to buy 1000 super worms in hopes of breeding them to supply my needs. And suggestions?

 

[spykerherps]

supers you can't breed but kings/giants you can. feed them like you normal would for a few weeks then take the ones you want and set them up in small individual containers ie film canisters or solo condiment cups with a little bit of coco fiber what a couple weeks at 75-80digrees and hopefully they pupate for you. in another 2 to 4 weeks they will hatch into beetles. feed the and they should breed for you.

 

[Amber7399]

supers you can't breed but kings/giants you can. feed them like you normal would for a few weeks then take the ones you want and set them up in small individual containers ie film canisters or solo condiment cups with a little bit of coco fiber what a couple weeks at 75-80digrees and hopefully they pupate for you. in another 2 to 4 weeks they will hatch into beetles. feed the and they should breed for you.

Really? not that i want to breed supers, just out of curiosity, but i had some chew out of there container. (about 6 or so) and i keep finding beetles & pupa under my computer desk (from the supers) i even put one in for my gecko to eat one morning, my gecko didn't eat it and the next morning i had a pupa in there, under the substrate i took it out put it seperate and it turned into a beetle about two weeks later (the same kind i had been finding in my house)

so do the beetles just not breed, once they're beetles?

 

[spykerherps]

http://www.nyworms.com/giant_mealworms.htm

hear is a web site I just found. so kings and super worms are the same but go by 2 different names and the giants are the ones that are manipulated.

 

[rcobourn]

Superworms you can breed just like mealworms, except for 2 things: no refrigeration to slow down development, and you need to separate the larva before they will pupate. I've been using the little organizer boxes for beads and such sold at craft stores. The ones I got have a locking mechanism. You can save a few bucks finding them at Walmart, in fact. I punched a couple air holes in each compartment with a soldering iron. A pinch of substrate and one worm in each compartment, and I'm getting pretty good results.

Giant mealworms can't be bred, they have been chemically prevented from pupating, and are just overgrown mealworms.

 

[bronko]

u can breed giants i bought a container about 2 months ago for breeding only because they ar a perfect size not too small and not too big i am already finding baby's