My superworm breeding kit Pic Heavy!

[Anglwngss]

my grown ones are in a 10 gallon tank with a screen lid. the babies are in a little tupperware container.

 

[fresnowitte]

At what point do you (any of you guys) mix the babies with the grown superworms?

I usually wait until the baby ones are large enough not to fall thru the sifter so easily.

where are the worms??/

How long have you had your beetles together?


I just want to say thank-you again to Chris(clear) for starting this thread.
I now have adult worms capable of morphing.
An I haven't had to buy a super worm in over 2 months.

Thank-you Chris! You may not realize it but you were a life saver.
The hubby hasn't told me in months now that the beardies are costing to much or that I need to downsize.

Thanks so much again! :mrgreen:

 

[clear]

I am so glad my setup helped you!!!! I have lost interest in supers and started doing roaches heavily. I am thinking about getting back into do supers and figure out the best temps/substrate/lighting the whole 9 yards!

 

[Adam805]

if u catch wild ones are they just as good to breed. like wild bettles. i see alot of those arounf my house

 

[fresnowitte]

I am so glad my setup helped you!!!! I have lost interest in supers and started doing roaches heavily. I am thinking about getting back into do supers and figure out the best temps/substrate/lighting the whole 9 yards!

What?! :roll:
I'm suppose to have lighting for my supers??????? :?
Chris please elaborate on the lighting. :wink: I seem to be missing something. :?

if u catch wild ones are they just as good to breed. like wild bettles. i see alot of those arounf my house

No as the wild bugs could have pesticides, disease, or parasites it is never good to use the wild caught bugs for breeding not if you want to use what you've breed to feed you beardie. Your better off buying a couple dollars worth of supers and morphing them yourself. Besides it is pretty interesting to observe the entire process.

 

[Dakotachristy84]

i don't have lighting for mine but i do have a heating blanket under the ones that i am trying to morph only because my house is always so cold

 

[clear]

See, we havent figured out if more or less lighting helps in reproduction

Dont do wild caught, bad things can and will happen.

 

[fresnowitte]

See, we havent figured out if more or less lighting helps in reproduction

Great Chris....now I'm going to have to do another experiment. :lol: :wink:

 

[h0ndap0w3r]

i had always thought and read that super worms were cave dwellers. . . hense dark places. . . i could be wrong but who knows. . . i cannot find all to much wild info on them other then most places calling them feeder insects or natural grain pests.

 

[clear]

i had always thought and read that super worms were cave dwellers. . . hense dark places. . . i could be wrong but who knows. . . i cannot find all to much wild info on them other then most places calling them feeder insects or natural grain pests.

Yea so its up to use to figure out the best husbandry for our feeders! I think NO light will work best for them but there is no way we can worth with them without any light lol

 

[fresnowitte]

I'm not worried as my worms are going good but still I like knowing.
I think I'll put a few in a dark container and see how that works in comparison to the ones in the clear plastic container. Though if they are buried in the substrate then they are in the dark basically. I find mine roaming around on the surface as well so it is possible that they like light too.

Now my beetles are on top of one of my enclosures where they can stay warm they are in a clear container so the UVB light does brighten up their container it doesn't seem to bother them they seem to prefer light over dark. This I experiemented with already. The beetles that I put in the dark didn't live as long or produce as well as the beetles that were not in the dark. The beetles don't seem to be bothered much by temps as long as they don't get to cold.

 

[goblinsly]

Im happy for all of you. I hope i will have better luck in future. In 6 months all i got is this:

This is the setup im using now:

 

[h0ndap0w3r]

give them more places to hide. . . and i use carrots

 

[Maize]

Im interested in starting a colony. I have everythng written down that I need to get. But I have one uestion. I have juvinile beardies and would like to start feeding them Supers cause the shell (I heard) isnt as nearly bad as Mealworms, they are ALOT softer and can be digested. Can anyone post a pic on what size Super I should be feeding them?