Need Hornworm Info

[TheWaveCarver]

Does anyone know how long a hornworm stays in its adult caterpillar (4inches) stage because I'd like to be able to make 1 order of worms (due to shipping) with two cups and have them last for up to two weeks. Is their anyway to stunt their growth or make a colony? Do they need dusting and how often. My beardie is only on supers and I want to switch between supers and another feeder (hornworms i'm thinking). Thanks.

 

[fez09]

If you order them in the cup they will have enough food for 10-14 because each day as you feed some to your beardie, there will be less horns eating the food. I don't dust the horns, I just dust the dubia/supers that day. I always offer their staple bugs first then a hornworm or 2 afterward.