Worm Breeding Sucess!!

[turbosteve]

Ok, so now I feel like a complete *****!! Ohhh the irony! I was just checkin the superworm and mealworm bedding and pulled out the carrots to change them. Some of the bran came with it and I noticed what was left behind was moving :shock: I quickly looked at the carrot in hand and it was covered in tiny lil worms!! I am soooo happy but feel like such a tool now. I've held out soo long making a post about my projects, but figured after 2-3 months with no results it was time to ask for help. And look at what happens, too funny really. So thanks to everyone for their help, I guess I was doin it right.

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[Triage]

Pure awesomeness. We need to change this thread title to Worm Breeding SUCCESS!!!!!! 8)

 

[turbosteve]

Pure awesomeness. We need to change this thread title to Worm Breeding SUCCESS!!!!!! 8)

Done and done!! Thanks!

 

[mich]

Breeding supers is really simple but can cause a lot of impatience. Most insects take forever to morph, grow, breed, ect....except the hornworm. I followed a guide from hancocksbeardeddragons.com They cover a step by step guide to breeding supers. Morphing took my supers around 2.5-3 weeks. Breeding seemed unsucessful and i tried many variations of subtrate. Little did I know the eggs are microscoping practically, as well as the newly emerged worms. I try not to trash any old subrate too soon, because to my surprise every time there will be several hundred newly emerged super. To prevent mold, I ball up several pieces of newspaper or white paper and place the fresh fruits and veggies and water crystals on. Potatoes do mold quick. I change my fruits and veggies 2 X's a day for my feeders and my dragons. Check out the hancocksbeardeddragon.com for the guide! Also, breeding waxworms is a breeze with little effort but they take forever. They require minimal time and food. Adult waxworm moths only breed. They dont eat or drink. I will look up the breeding website for those as well. Home bred waxies are huge and fast. I was shocked and scared when I went looking in the subrate/food. Scared me to death. I have never seen such huge waxies that crawled as fast as a roach! Much Luck and Much Patience! Waiting seems like an eternity!

I'm not so sure my superworm beetles are doing very well, I have read pretty much all the posts on here about setting up a colony but my beetles seem to be half dead, they hardly ever move, very inactive and I have pulled out a few dead ones I started on Nov 1st and after about 3wks had beetles. I keep them on an inch of rolled oats and bran and feed them carrotts, celery and apple. My temps were at room temp, maybe 69. So I put my beetle container on top of my dragon cage. It has a solid top and the wood on the one end is always heated due to the heat light installed below. Now my temps are around 72-74 but it hasn't seemed to make any diff. They dont crawl around and dont seem to eat. I isolated 45 more worms because I'm afraid after all this time that these guys might die off or not breed If they do die off I guess I'll keep the substrate for awhile just in case.

I was going to start a mealworm colony but was advised against it, I was told it takes even longer and didnt product much. Think I may look into it again though ... and waxworms, that sounds cool.