Hey everyone,
I am looking for an easy way to produce a LOT of mealworms.
Up until now i always put bettles into a single container, left them there a good month and put them to another clean container. It is too much work.
I was looking at those mealworm ideas where u put 1 bin on top of another, glue a mesh and you have a system where small mealworms drop through the mesh.
In this idea you put oatmeals on top of the mesh. I tried this idea a while ago and sadly it didnt work. After about a month i saw no small mealies anywhere, i went through oatmeal and didnt spot a single egg ( which is impossible because usualy i can spot an egg in the middle of a flour 8) ). To me it seemed like they simply either a) didnt lay any eggs or b) ate them. I was thinking that maybe on top of that bin i would put small containers with flour ( it seems they like to lay eggs into tiny substrate more then into pieces like eatmeal ). At least now there is no problem with moisture because i managed to make a container with water crystals but protect it enough soo they cant drag crystals into substrate and create a big moldy mess !
Ok i am counting on your ideas. I need tons of mealworms to be produced ASAP. Also if you have any hints on how to force them to pupate faster i would be glad to hear it. Its soo easy to force supers to pupate ( isolation ) but with mealies its strange. Right now i just sifted out the biggest of them and put them into seperate container, hopefully this way i can pick pupae out before a million of small bastards eat them alive !
I am looking for an easy way to produce a LOT of mealworms.
Up until now i always put bettles into a single container, left them there a good month and put them to another clean container. It is too much work.
I was looking at those mealworm ideas where u put 1 bin on top of another, glue a mesh and you have a system where small mealworms drop through the mesh.
In this idea you put oatmeals on top of the mesh. I tried this idea a while ago and sadly it didnt work. After about a month i saw no small mealies anywhere, i went through oatmeal and didnt spot a single egg ( which is impossible because usualy i can spot an egg in the middle of a flour 8) ). To me it seemed like they simply either a) didnt lay any eggs or b) ate them. I was thinking that maybe on top of that bin i would put small containers with flour ( it seems they like to lay eggs into tiny substrate more then into pieces like eatmeal ). At least now there is no problem with moisture because i managed to make a container with water crystals but protect it enough soo they cant drag crystals into substrate and create a big moldy mess !
Ok i am counting on your ideas. I need tons of mealworms to be produced ASAP. Also if you have any hints on how to force them to pupate faster i would be glad to hear it. Its soo easy to force supers to pupate ( isolation ) but with mealies its strange. Right now i just sifted out the biggest of them and put them into seperate container, hopefully this way i can pick pupae out before a million of small bastards eat them alive !