What stage is this? Need some help...

[Bling_my_leo]

Hey.... Okay... so, I just went and mixed up my colony of mealworms (all still in that mealie stage), and I found two mealworms that are very white. I also found some shedded skin (or what ever you call it). Does this mean the whitter mealies are going to turn inot pupae soon??

Thanks.

 

[efx*]

No it means there molting

 

[Bling_my_leo]

okay. So.. then what do they do next?

 

[bitterbeauty]

They molt their skin quite a few times. Just be patient.

 

[Bling_my_leo]

Okay. Thank you!

 

[david13]

they molt about 15 times before they turn into pupae

 

[gothra]

I like feeding the freshly molted ones to my geckos, they are very soft and easier to digest.

 

[Bling_my_leo]

Okay. Cool-ness.

 

[moosassah]

You'll notice the leos jump on the white ones. Nice soft, squishy...no hard shell...delicacy!

 

[Bling_my_leo]

Great. I get to see more action!! Woop!

 

[brad.a.c]

That's pretty cool, I never knew that they molted.