Hey everyone,
I breed mealies, dubias and supers. I read just about everything online about all 3 and watched all videos on youtube connected with them. With first 2, i have great sucess. Supers are the ones making troubles.
I tried all possible types of beddings for them. I had greatest succes soo far using soil. Then i experimented a bit soo i made bedding out of soil, added a bit of wood shavings i use for my guinea pig, many different types of food ( oat flakes, dog food, peanuts&similiar stuff, bread, etc. ). I also added some toilete paper rolls and egg cartons. For moisture i add them pieces of fruits and vegetables everyday.
I have 3 different containers with supers eggs and tiny worms now, and another container with about 100 bettles. They seem to be mating all the time, sometimes i see them laying eggs in the soil.
The problem lies in my other 3 containers with eggs and baby worms. For instance, yesterday i put a tiny piece of potato the size of finger nail in each container and there were many many tiny worms eating it in a manner of minutes, i observed them and it seems as if they could smell the moisture, they came from all corners, straight for the tiny potato piece. All well and fine, i saw at least 50 tiny worms which works for me, better then nothing.
Ok, soo they ate the whole piece yesterday. Today i add another and all i noticed around potato piece was few ( maybe 10 ) worms that were much much larger then the ones yesterday. Soo i scooped around the box and i barely found any supers. Remember, yesterday the soil in the box was moving, there were many tiny supers. Today, almoast none.
This is not the first time it happened to me. In even older box, it was same. I had huge amounts of tiny worms, must have been more then 100. Now all i have is maybe 20 very big ones.
Now i dont know what makes them die. I cant see any mold. They have enough protein food inside. I provide them enough moisture. It is as if bigger ones killed the small ones. Like, at one moment they are all the same size, then in few days i see 2 of them much much bigger then the rest of them. And another day, i cant find the tiny ones anymore.
Any ideas ? I read everything about supers. I keep em at about 28C ( 82F ). Oh, and the reason i dont keep em in oats, wheat bran or anything else, is that i tried that before and i had very bad succes. Oh, i put bettles to a new substrate once a month, to let eggs hatch in peace.
I need help fast, i have probably about 100 bettles now and i would hate to see them go to waste. I will probably make enough worms to replace those 100 bettles, but i want more. I saw ppl talking about 1000s of worms from 50 bettles. I wish my supers would breed as good as my mealies do .
I breed mealies, dubias and supers. I read just about everything online about all 3 and watched all videos on youtube connected with them. With first 2, i have great sucess. Supers are the ones making troubles.
I tried all possible types of beddings for them. I had greatest succes soo far using soil. Then i experimented a bit soo i made bedding out of soil, added a bit of wood shavings i use for my guinea pig, many different types of food ( oat flakes, dog food, peanuts&similiar stuff, bread, etc. ). I also added some toilete paper rolls and egg cartons. For moisture i add them pieces of fruits and vegetables everyday.
I have 3 different containers with supers eggs and tiny worms now, and another container with about 100 bettles. They seem to be mating all the time, sometimes i see them laying eggs in the soil.
The problem lies in my other 3 containers with eggs and baby worms. For instance, yesterday i put a tiny piece of potato the size of finger nail in each container and there were many many tiny worms eating it in a manner of minutes, i observed them and it seems as if they could smell the moisture, they came from all corners, straight for the tiny potato piece. All well and fine, i saw at least 50 tiny worms which works for me, better then nothing.
Ok, soo they ate the whole piece yesterday. Today i add another and all i noticed around potato piece was few ( maybe 10 ) worms that were much much larger then the ones yesterday. Soo i scooped around the box and i barely found any supers. Remember, yesterday the soil in the box was moving, there were many tiny supers. Today, almoast none.
This is not the first time it happened to me. In even older box, it was same. I had huge amounts of tiny worms, must have been more then 100. Now all i have is maybe 20 very big ones.
Now i dont know what makes them die. I cant see any mold. They have enough protein food inside. I provide them enough moisture. It is as if bigger ones killed the small ones. Like, at one moment they are all the same size, then in few days i see 2 of them much much bigger then the rest of them. And another day, i cant find the tiny ones anymore.
Any ideas ? I read everything about supers. I keep em at about 28C ( 82F ). Oh, and the reason i dont keep em in oats, wheat bran or anything else, is that i tried that before and i had very bad succes. Oh, i put bettles to a new substrate once a month, to let eggs hatch in peace.
I need help fast, i have probably about 100 bettles now and i would hate to see them go to waste. I will probably make enough worms to replace those 100 bettles, but i want more. I saw ppl talking about 1000s of worms from 50 bettles. I wish my supers would breed as good as my mealies do .