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crowey
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 Posted: Tue Jul 10, 2007 1:17 pm Post subject: what are the chances of setting up a feasble breeding colony |
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of mealworms/darkling beetles?
I use about 10000 mealworms per week, at the moment my lab tech gets them from a live foods company, I was wondering if ti'd be cheaper/easier/more reliable to set up a colony? |
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aidan
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Ive herd they are hard to breed
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crowey
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Scott W
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Mealworms, VERY easy to breed.
If you have the space to set up enough trays then go for it 
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aidan
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o my bad you should breed roaches
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lol93
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They are very easy to breed. I kept mine in a big tub with an inch thick layer of porridge oats at the bottom. I fed them apple, potato, etc and eventually saw teeny tiny baby worms at the bottom. Just keep feeding them and you should be able to keep them going. Cleaning them out was a pain, though.
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I breed them, well just leave them and they do what they do lol, the only problem i have is the shedded skin does my head in lol.
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crowey
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| aidan wrote: | | o my bad you should breed roaches |
I do breed roaches, but I can't feed them to my beetles, theya re too big, hence the mealworms.
| Scott W wrote: | Mealworms, VERY easy to breed.
If you have the space to set up enough trays then go for it |
which leads me to my next question. to get that many mealworms, just how much space will I need? |
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Scott W
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how many do you need a week? how important is it that they are all the same size?
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MJ
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| Posted: Thu Jul 12, 2007 12:34 pm Post subject: Re: what are the chances of setting up a feasble breeding co |
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[quote="crowey"]I use about 10000 mealworms per weekquote]
wow thats ALOT of mealworms what are you feeding? 
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