- Beardie name(s)
- Drogon <3 RIP 2019- March 11, 2024 Lily: new girl in the house/ 5 months old
Hello!
This is my second batch of mealworms I'm breeding with stock originally purchased from rainbow mealworms. In this latest batch, I'm having a huge die off of pupae every day. Theyre,white and grey, shriveled, and some look chewed through. I'm also having a problem with some of the beetles, which are deformed and stuck through a half-pupae half-beetle phase, which is so sad. I also picked up one of my my mealies and it had a hard white part stuck on its butt? (pupae shell?)
Lastly, there is a very weird smell, almost fetid and musty, but I just changed the bedding and its not molded, very dry.
What is going on?? And are these bugs still safe for Drogon (I hope so, since he eats mealies like a champ).
Selkie
This is my second batch of mealworms I'm breeding with stock originally purchased from rainbow mealworms. In this latest batch, I'm having a huge die off of pupae every day. Theyre,white and grey, shriveled, and some look chewed through. I'm also having a problem with some of the beetles, which are deformed and stuck through a half-pupae half-beetle phase, which is so sad. I also picked up one of my my mealies and it had a hard white part stuck on its butt? (pupae shell?)
Lastly, there is a very weird smell, almost fetid and musty, but I just changed the bedding and its not molded, very dry.
What is going on?? And are these bugs still safe for Drogon (I hope so, since he eats mealies like a champ).
Selkie
