MatthewLee
Member
Hi everyone, I appreciate you taking the time to look at (and hopefully answer!) my questions.
1) I have read virtually everything on the internet about hornworm breeding. I have gotten the hornworms(from egg) to pupate, burrow, and emerge. However the only question I have is about the egg laying/egg collecting. I have read that you can put the mated female in a paper bag to lay(how do you know which is the mated female?). If I put fake vines would they lay on that? Then once the eggs are laid can I just scrape them off with something? If they wouldn't lay on the vines would a fake tomato plant work?
2) Can the bedding for the superworms be plain whole oats? Or do I have to add the unmedicated chicken mash...is there anywhere online to buy it in small amounts? Can supers replace crickets?
3) This is just a curious question with no intentions...Can beardies eat the moths?
1) I have read virtually everything on the internet about hornworm breeding. I have gotten the hornworms(from egg) to pupate, burrow, and emerge. However the only question I have is about the egg laying/egg collecting. I have read that you can put the mated female in a paper bag to lay(how do you know which is the mated female?). If I put fake vines would they lay on that? Then once the eggs are laid can I just scrape them off with something? If they wouldn't lay on the vines would a fake tomato plant work?
2) Can the bedding for the superworms be plain whole oats? Or do I have to add the unmedicated chicken mash...is there anywhere online to buy it in small amounts? Can supers replace crickets?
3) This is just a curious question with no intentions...Can beardies eat the moths?