What size should the super worms be to separate? Have a great Sunday! And that doesn’t include the 96 pupa that we have turning now and the 200 worms changing into pupa in the tackle box right now. They may mature faster if they’re kept warmer, but in general, if the house is tolerable for humans it’s probably OK. For extra warmth, if you want, you could look into a ceramic heat emitter. The whole thing about them needed light is a myth we lost more in the dark we only lose 1 out of every 30 or so. Male Japanese rhinoceros beetle (left), female beetle (center), Knockdown phenotypes of transformer gene (right). If it looks as if the whole area is heaving, it’s grain mites. The incubation time depends on the incubation temperature. I put the adults in the top. Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus - Linnaeus, 1758 Identification hints: Male stag beetles with their large antlers are absolutely unmistakable. Do male and female beetles (Tenebrio molitor) respond differently to rat feces containing eggs from the tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta? will it die, or make a weird new super bug with another beetle? I have never heard of leaves being used for either mealworms or superworms. Need advice tnx in advance! Thanks to all of you for the previous comments, and especially to Gecko Time for the main article! These temperatures can be achieved by keeping the room warm, use heat tape along the backside of the bucket or even a heat lamp. . the babies will gather in the pieces, chewing throw him and hide inside. Thanks, Aliza. They do not bite, and cannot climb glass or plastic. It happens. You can save money by breeding the beetles, making your own superworm colony. Every once and a while a worm gets out but that’s okay. Now you have a working fruit fly colony, and an easy means to feed your pets. Email [email protected]. Please get back to me via email on my questions and any other helpful tips, tricks, and info that will helpe get started! What could possibly be wrong? This is based on my experiences with female geckos and the interval between clutches. Anyways I’ll let you know how I made out with those superworms, Thank you! I then dug through my cupboard and found a square Pyrex dish and a loaf tin – I took the loaf tin to a local trade shop and managed to get a couple exactly the same, but in black. I have an important information to share n my article , the reference of that is a news article. Yes, there are males and females but there is no way to tell them apart. I’ve been sharing my video of my babies with everyone I know and so far, nobody is excited but me. How long do the Beatles live? Okay! As many others have published in here that purchasing them through local pet stores I totally agree! As long as they are starting to curl I wouldn’t worry about it too much. Not long after that, one of my kids started screaming “what’s that really big beetle!” ‘Nuff said. haha – Thanks so much Rebecca. I have had no issues with mites/moths/mold so far. It is clear and easy to understand. I did loose one super worm while having them in bedroom for longer then two weeks. I used a setup similar to this http://www.beardies.info/supers/supers.html. I have been looking for an alternative to the typical “mesh bottom” that supposedly allows all the eggs to fall through, but as anyone who’s used this method long enough knows, it doesn’t quite work out as well in real life as it does in theory, with many eggs and baby worms never making it through the bottom and instead end up mixed in with the beetle tray. The one thing that’s annoying is that they do tend to chew up the styrofoam background. how do i know if the beetles already laid eggs? Keep that in mind. Hasent happened to me yet so this little sob gave me the motivation to get this show on the road. Breeding superworms is very similar to that of mealworms but with one difference. Male and female stag beetles. Wouldn't it be better to spread the series of type specimens within the vicinity of the researcher as well as the region the specimens has been sampled from? Can you tell me whatkind of bedding I can use besides wheat bran. can I use sand as bedding and do they eat rice. yeah!! Also, can you please give me an estimated length of the worm before i can isolate them for morphing? Forgot to add: When it comes to fruits/veggies, I start out with thin slices of potato/carrot/apple for the developing larvae after I moved the adults out–this calls for regular replacement but it also limits the possibility of fungal/bacterial invasion. No, neither the beetle or larva have venom. Now I’m breeding them in my gargoyle bioactive enclosure and it’s working really well. They are now being moved to their own coco fiber enclosure. But finding a trust-worthy grower is not so easy. I would assume you could, though I imagine a variety of grains would be more nutritious. There are likely more, but these are the ones I’ve come up with so far. I followed the advice from this website mostly, but I also found a great YouTube video. There is no way to chemically treat or get rid of a pest bug without killing the superworms as well so it’s best to just start over. It works a freaking treat. My water crystals are kept in a shallow container in each bin and when I add potatoes, I put them in skin side down to help keep bedding dry. are mealworms and super-worms different species. I showed Matthew my brother and he said he caught couple of them getting it on. They containers have wheels and they are thin enough to put under your bed, so if you have limited space like me, it is the best economical and easiest way to do it. I don’t know exactly how they are able to survive in the wild but they are able too. When the beetles die, do you know if it is safe to compost them, like for a vegetable garden? Months later I found the container with a nice circular hole in the top. I did lose few beetles my self. It does not have any dangerous chemicals and is nutritious i believe so I think we can use it. Coevolution between harmful male genitalia and female resistance in seed beetles Johanna Ro ¨nn, Mari Katvala, and Goran Arnqvist* Evolutionary Biology Centre, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Animal Ecology, University of All rights reserved. Keep the gut load you’re not using in moth-proof containers. what about after they turn into beetles can they fly out and can they bite if so is it hard enough to say owe or draw blood i got a rear blood type and they might like it. I kept them in one of those plastic aquariums, type of thing that you would put mice or hamsters in. I didn’t mention, but the ‘powdery’ substance is getting all over the area around my superworm container. You can put the lids on but you’ll have to put a hole in it otherwise they will suffocate. Thank you so much! We personally use tackle boxes / craft boxes, the plastic ones with all the small individual boxes in them. They would carry more moisture than the potatoes or carrots…do you think that may be too much moisture? The cover on it has lots of air holes. Lately my beetles have been dieing within a couple of weeks. When you first place the worm in a container they can sometimes climb out. Is this some kind of fungus that I should be concerned about? If you don’t give them air, things will go badly for you which is why the film canister idea is very smart. The beetles do not need light, and seem to prefer darkness, but should be kept at 70 - 80 degrees to encourage breeding. Female beetles are rounder at their bottom. That’s alot of money since each rooster is rationed only 20 Superworms per day. They love oranges, apples, carrots, watermelon, canteloup, and bananas. 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