Great video, i really don't like bugs but my CHICKENS SURE HELL DO! I have a chicken farm and I wanted to be able to give them extra yummy treats! thank u sharing!
Good video, I have a few questions. About how long is the life cycle of the mealworm/darkwing beetle? Once they have gone to the beetle stage, how long before they lay eggs (is that the 1-2 week period? And after you seperate out the beetles how long do they live? I have chickens and I will be raising them to provide nutritous treats for my hens.
Also, I love your cichlids. My wife and I used to have huge Oscars, Jack Dempseys and I had a Red Devil once...they are fierce!
can somebody pleas help me , you have to seperate them in 3 different layers , mealworms , beetles and something between it , can somebode explayen me the last layer , because i just don't get it
I have a leopard gecko who loves the meal worms, but I had a container of 50 worms for about a month, and when I found it and opened the lid, all of these beetles were crawling all over the place. Can I feed the actual beetle to the gecko?
Do grub worms eat the same stuff as mealworms? i got 4 HUGE grub worms and ive been dropping live grass and grass roots in the pot for em (they are in about 1 pound of dirt too) but i keep wondering if they are even eating it
hey i heard if you keep the meal worms together they wont pupate?? that you have to cup them up one by one for them to morph into beetles.. is this true ??
hi, i want to breed mealworms to sell for a little extra cash and to feed to my future sugar gliders. I want to know, if i breed them and use the containers that you use (the three drawer one) do they crawl out of them and get all over the place? i would probably have to have them in my room because my mom does not like bugs lol so i want to know if they do or not, thanks :D
So if I was to use those drawers with separated compartments, I dot NOT need to make holes for ventilation? Or do I? Or does it depend on the tightness of different brands of drawers? And does it really provide enough ventilation that condensation doesn't happen? Thanks!
im gonna start my mealworm farm very soon. but i was looking around on u tube n other people put a screen on the bottom of the beetels droor, so that the eggs wud fall right through to the next door. do u reccomend this?
hi i started using ur method last year and it has produced great results. I bought 1 tub of 100 mealies then right now I have close to 1000, thanks for sharing.
this really is ONE OF THE best ways to raise mealworms
@demasoni521 I got a pack of 20 mealworms today and put them in a container of oats and lettuce. What else to I need to know to breed mealworms. And great vid!
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how cocky can u be to think this is the best way to breed mealworms. it sounds very diffucult. "hi. im demasoni, and i have to buy containers every week to breed mealworms because im an idiot."
@Dproguyzerz First off, thanks for watching my video. Honestly, I think this is the most productive way to breed mealworms. It gives you the biggest yield. And during this video, I just purchased some more containers to add to my previous containers. I do not buy containers every week, its more like every 6 months at least. How can you call me an idiot if you can't even get your facts straight? You must have a productive life.
@demasoni521 about the containers, i was exaggerating, because u dont need to keep buying containers, let alone seperate them. i probably wouldnt bitch so much if u said this was the "best" way to breed mealworms. u cant say that
I bought about a 1000 of these lil guys at the pet store, brought them home and my mom freaked. She doesn't want to live with bugs in the house. I need to find a new home for her... Are there any places, like the SPCA that will accept unwanted mothers?
.. I'm only kidding, but tomorrow I have to go down to the creek and feed my lil' babies to the fishies. ..when I really looked forward to breeding them, too! :(
The best way to prevent or get rid of mites is to put sulphur into your feeding material. They hate it! And it doesn't hurt the worms or what you are feeding. Also, and very important, is to keep the trash out and the moisture. Your breeding farm should be dry!
The best way to prevent or get rid of mites is to put sulphur into your feeding material. They hate it! And it doesn't hurt the worms or what you are feeding. Also, and very important, is to keep the trash out and the moisture. Your breeding farm should be dry!
ok so on a scale of 1 to 10 10 being the worst. how bad does your colony smell. because mine smells like something died in there and iv looked all through the oat meal and couldnt find any mold or any thing that would make it smell so bad. like the smell is so bad i dont even want to open the lid to feed them. and if you know how to get rid of this bad smell id really like to know. plzz help thx
@GOLDROCK420 When kept properly, they shouldn't smell like anything. My colony hoenstly just smells like stale bread and oatmeal. Here's my suggestion to you: check if there are mites, and check on the bottom of the container. Avoid watery foods and just give them carrots or lettuce. Let the colony dry out a bit. Are there any dead worms/beetles in there? They really don't smell bad, I guess from 1-10 probably 2 or 3 =/
@demasoni521 thats exactly what i had on my old colony i couldnt figure out what was on the carrots that i fed my bettles they were fucking mites. so i just tossed that colony and started fresh. so how would i get rid of the mites if they where to come back and how do they end up in my colony in the first place
@GOLDROCK420 Mites thrive on mold and moisture. What I recommend is to take the carrots and put slices of them on pieces of napkins. Therefore they won't touch the oats so no mold. Let the colony dry out a bit. Take the lid off (if you have one) and don't give them any moisture for a week (they'll survive). The mites should be gone once everything dries out.
@demasoni521 is it possible for the mites to get out of the container that i have the meal worms in. because that would suck balls if all of a sudden i have mites walking around my house.
@GOLDROCK420 yes, but they wouldn't really reproduce in the house because it is much drier. I used to have mites when I didn't know how to breed these and they literally overflowed out the sides of the container. Just keep things dry, and they shouldn't be a problem.
@JHSUZYQ14 Yes, I agree it needed a cleaning at the time. Now all 20+ of my convict cichlid juveniles are living in a nice clean tank. Yeah when I made this video last summer I was out for 2 weeks, and nobody bothered to clean the tanks haha.
@munkeynut I usually put them in a small plastic tub. It can be small because they do not move. Once they pupate into beetles, I move the newly pupated beetles into a tub with oats.
@reptilechick90 I don't know what he does, but I wouldn't recommend feeding your reptile them... they are not nutritious at all, they have so much chitin (stuff that makes up the hard shell of insects) and the chitin can prohibit your herp from gaining any nutritents from the beetles. Also there hasn't been a successful situation for gutloading beetles properly (dusting has been proven to not be a good method of supplementation by many papers). So just keep them as breeders :)
@bugbabe623 Please scratch my comment. Your arguement is very good, you have a lot more experience with herps probably while the only reptile I own is a red eared turtle. Chitin is indigestible and not good for food. Thanks for helping with my comment, bugbabe623.
@demasoni521 thanks...i was asking because i have 4 pupas and i keep them in a little plastic box with no lid...and i don't check on them every day, so i don't want any surprises when they become beetles
how long does it take to have pupa's because i have had my mealworms for 2 weeks and still have yet to see a pupa am i doing something wrong or do they take longer
@madturtlefan thats great! They do not need any food and they will take about a week or two weeks to become beetles. Once they are beetles they will look whitish, then red, then black because their shell is hardening. Make sure you feed the beetles some moisture when they morph from the pupa because they really need it .
@willfeldon yeah I will definetely clean it. Algae doesn't really bother me though, it is a sign that my water quality is good and microorganisms can survive on the glass. If a tank has no algae, that means the lighting and water isn't good. Thanks for watching and I appreciate your comment! Cheers
@leopardgeckocrazy13 I never found any eggs haha you'll know they're there if you see tiny mealworms in about 3 weeks. Trust me, if you have beetles they are laying eggs haha
@Honeebuket You can't really seperate the eggs. What I do is I take the beetles out of their enclosure after about 2-3 weeks. The eggs will remain in the oats in the orginial container, the beetles are transferred to a new container. hope that is clear
Do you know that my mealworms eats turtle pellets cox one time one of the pellets drop into the box and a while later i saw them 'fighting', i was like wat the hell!? So i went to check it out and saw that they r fighting over the pellets so from then onwards i gave them turtle pellets....
@madturtlefan yes, i guess they like the protein or something. I feed my beetles some fish flakes every so often to give them an extra protein boost for more eggs
hey man can i feed mealworms as a staple diet to my leopard gecko? cause i read online that you cant because there is to much chitin in 'em and they cant digest 'em propely plz reply :)
@leolover12345 um, I usually go with variety for any animal. Mealworms are good, but not forever good. I recommend you get some blaptica dubia roaches or at least swap mealworms a week, then crickets a week. This will be a good staple for your gecko. also try phoenix worms, and waxworms as treats sometime
I recently started breeding meal worms and my first attempt I used quick oats, and the oats didnt work out for me, All the meal worms, but four died. I tried again with Chick Starter, after I read that you can use it, I already had some on hand because I have a duckling, and the chick starter worked out good for me and its also really cheap I get about 15 pounds for a little less then $5. You should look into it, You get a lot more for your money.
@Degumom yes i sure will! thing is i've heard that chick mash sometimes has like mite eggs or beetle eggs in it? or something about it not being sterile. I'll definetely look into it though! thanks!
how long does it take to get the full cycle?
Reptilerock42 1 hour ago
how do you separate/harvest the worms?
txdurk 1 day ago
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SunnyMoon2010 1 day ago
i have mine in the same containers
octopustime342 2 days ago
Really good video, easy to follow. thanks.
gnltruck1 3 days ago
Can you do the same thing with wax worms?
eagle19873 3 days ago
I'm impressed! You have this down to a science•*tђคภкร*·.ツ♥
stickyresults 1 week ago
I am new with breeding them.
pokmaster44 2 weeks ago
Is 100 mealworms good??
pokmaster44 2 weeks ago
Where do you put the pupa's?
MrHuskers101 2 weeks ago
weird question i know but do they smell bad?
riella591 3 weeks ago
You take to much time explaining
desert1cop 3 weeks ago
Great video, i really don't like bugs but my CHICKENS SURE HELL DO! I have a chicken farm and I wanted to be able to give them extra yummy treats! thank u sharing!
rainbowfarmsale200 3 weeks ago
would two containers be okay?
one for mealworms, and one for beetles? just switch them while they are in between stages?
Shar4ie 4 weeks ago
Really interesting video, thanks for sharing! :)
goldlogs 4 weeks ago
Nice bid can I just buy 1 container and let them breed??
charming2431 1 month ago
Could I feed these to my goldfish?
TheFreshwaterFish 1 month ago
@TheFreshwaterFish if they can fit in there mouths
sonicvstrex 1 month ago
Good video, I have a few questions. About how long is the life cycle of the mealworm/darkwing beetle? Once they have gone to the beetle stage, how long before they lay eggs (is that the 1-2 week period? And after you seperate out the beetles how long do they live? I have chickens and I will be raising them to provide nutritous treats for my hens.
Also, I love your cichlids. My wife and I used to have huge Oscars, Jack Dempseys and I had a Red Devil once...they are fierce!
etpeloquin 1 month ago
can somebody pleas help me , you have to seperate them in 3 different layers , mealworms , beetles and something between it , can somebode explayen me the last layer , because i just don't get it
slifer9990 1 month ago
Please Reply! i am breeding meal worms and I'm confused, if i don't separate them will they die or just inhibit growth/ reproduction?
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NocturnalBreather 1 month ago
I have a leopard gecko who loves the meal worms, but I had a container of 50 worms for about a month, and when I found it and opened the lid, all of these beetles were crawling all over the place. Can I feed the actual beetle to the gecko?
MegaSuperHippie 1 month ago
i think i want to breed some, just to eat them myself. they are very healthy for a human.
i only dont know if i can eat them right away?
soppiedekuthond 1 month ago
Do grub worms eat the same stuff as mealworms? i got 4 HUGE grub worms and ive been dropping live grass and grass roots in the pot for em (they are in about 1 pound of dirt too) but i keep wondering if they are even eating it
Toyman1982 2 months ago
Thanks worked
Cyberfreak2010 2 months ago
how long does it take for meal worms to turn into beetles?
johnnyfisalive 2 months ago
i want to start my own farm any info u can give me?
johnnyfisalive 2 months ago
cool im thinking about runnint my own lil farm of mealworms what info do u have for me?
johnnyfisalive 2 months ago
How long to the mealworms take to grow into beetles?
bucketstons 2 months ago
All I ahve is brown sugar oatmeal, is that okay xD
Retrograding 3 months ago
hey i heard if you keep the meal worms together they wont pupate?? that you have to cup them up one by one for them to morph into beetles.. is this true ??
laserimport 3 months ago
Greetings, what can be used to replace oat?
ARESA98 3 months ago
hi, i want to breed mealworms to sell for a little extra cash and to feed to my future sugar gliders. I want to know, if i breed them and use the containers that you use (the three drawer one) do they crawl out of them and get all over the place? i would probably have to have them in my room because my mom does not like bugs lol so i want to know if they do or not, thanks :D
KarissaBassTV 3 months ago
@KarissaBassTV im about to do the same my suggie loves meal worms so much is he smells them on my fingers he goes nuts lol
com8897 2 months ago
@com8897 lol xD
KarissaBassTV 2 months ago
@KarissaBassTV Nope, they can't climb shear plastic like that, if there are grooves in the walls though they can.
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@Guitarplayer219 thank you :)
KarissaBassTV 2 months ago
@KarissaBassTV No problem.
Guitarplayer219 2 months ago
hey thought id help out if u still breed them they have a new invention so u dont have to sort out the bettels from larva
Zacharyb216 3 months ago
u get beatles from pupa from mealworms
mattyord2 4 months ago
pipi
bamaman122 4 months ago
where do u get the beatles from mate
GeordieBoy112 4 months ago
i love you....i always wanted to know how to breed these guys...i have to leos (females) Leo and Virgo lol. i cant wait to start my own! woot!
congrats on your breeding! <3
candy18869 4 months ago
So if I was to use those drawers with separated compartments, I dot NOT need to make holes for ventilation? Or do I? Or does it depend on the tightness of different brands of drawers? And does it really provide enough ventilation that condensation doesn't happen? Thanks!
zedoghouse 4 months ago
Good video! I will try to breed some for my chickens!
riverfc 5 months ago
Hey, can you tell me some tips on breeding mealworms? I just started, and I have one Pupa, what should I do with it? Also great video
willdog102 5 months ago
can any fish eat meal worms??
RAndomJboy 5 months ago
Nice Video ! Helped alot
what are whole grain quick oats?
Thortanic2010 5 months ago
can a beardie eat beetles
BeardedReptile 5 months ago
I just need a small colony. can you help me get started, cuz I only have 1 gecko
edjorthebeast 6 months ago
im gonna start my mealworm farm very soon. but i was looking around on u tube n other people put a screen on the bottom of the beetels droor, so that the eggs wud fall right through to the next door. do u reccomend this?
camgonecrazy 6 months ago
The beetles that the mealworms become into, can i feed them to my lizard (chinese water dragon)?
Yugi196Trades 6 months ago
@Yugi196Trades I wouldn't, the shell is usually too hard and cannot be digested well.
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methodsjuv 6 months ago
do i see red devils in there?
hunterb89 6 months ago
i tried this method but im having trouble because my bettles keep eating my mealworms when they lay them-how do i prevent this!
TheEmster51 6 months ago
nice..im going to start my own mealworm farm for my ants
geobravo18 7 months ago
R they your pets
HockeySurplus 7 months ago
update video?
AnAwkwardWalrus 7 months ago
thanx buddy
mclilizz 7 months ago
what do you do with all these meal worms?!
dimplessx13 8 months ago 3
@dimplessx13 These mealworms provide a constant source of nutrition and live food for my fish (5 fish tanks total), turtle, and tarantulas.
demasoni521 7 months ago 3
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Meal worms is different from Super worms right?
shadowslash28 6 months ago
@shadowslash28 Yes, the superworms have been treated with hormones.
PsychoBillyNiki 6 months ago
@demasoni521 Hi Just to sum it up after I place the beetles in the container after 2 weeks remove them because they eat the eggs?
At that point can I put the beetles in another container in order to get more eggs or two weeks is their productive stage?
Thanks
BrownDarter 5 months ago
@demasoni521 also for sugar gliders too as a snack
com8897 2 months ago
awesome channel i subed can you check out my herp vids and sub please
TheCanadianBalls 8 months ago
i might use this myself ;)
BlCHIFY 8 months ago
Very Nice Video, its right to the point! Thanks!!
deift1 8 months ago 6
@deift1 Thanks for watching!
demasoni521 7 months ago
are you saying that the beetles will eat the eggs and the worms as well?
bobasbestos 8 months ago
@bobasbestos 7:44 pause it right there.
BlCHIFY 8 months ago
The beetles arent breeding, i havnt gotten baby worms in a really long time
largepandabutt 8 months ago
The beetles arent breeding, i havnt gotten baby worms in a really long time
largepandabutt 8 months ago
Very nice Video man! Very helpful, I am starting my meal worm farm next week.
Thanks again
deift1 8 months ago
hi i started using ur method last year and it has produced great results. I bought 1 tub of 100 mealies then right now I have close to 1000, thanks for sharing.
this really is ONE OF THE best ways to raise mealworms
steamtrav 8 months ago 3
@steamtrav Thanks for your "testimonial" to my method!
demasoni521 7 months ago
use your hands pussy
ROGERDERBY 9 months ago
@ROGERDERBY Honestly, just shut the fuck up.
herpsrcol 8 months ago
@herpsrcol I have a better proposition. How about you get on your knees, and swallow my nut you cunt.
ROGERDERBY 8 months ago
nice vid thanks for posting
dchubad 9 months ago
Your carpet is disgusting. Next time you go to Walmart buy a vacuum cleaner!
MegaMonkeyKnuckle 9 months ago
Do you answer anyone about their questions
jf9121 9 months ago
wht are the bettles from
cherrybomb779 9 months ago
Some of my mealworms aren't moving what does this mean?
jf9121 9 months ago
lol if that's what you call an "inch" then I'm sure you are probably lying to your Girlfriend :p
RMDelete 9 months ago
@demasoni521 can you make another vid to help me on the breeding of mealworms and can you plz give me some more info
jf9121 9 months ago
can u feed mealworms and beetles to bearded dragons ?
TheiTouchGuys 9 months ago
@TheiTouchGuys you can indeed thats what i breed mine for
ROGERDERBY 9 months ago
@demasoni521 I got a pack of 20 mealworms today and put them in a container of oats and lettuce. What else to I need to know to breed mealworms. And great vid!
jf9121 9 months ago
THANK YOU! You made it as clear as a bell; wish me luck as I start my own (OMG) mealworm farm for Mozart, the chameleon!
threedogsma 9 months ago
can i feed my breeded mealworms to my bearded dragon? :)
HQMontageMaker 10 months ago
um why do my pupae keep dying? only about half end up turning into beetles
uuufail 10 months ago
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how cocky can u be to think this is the best way to breed mealworms. it sounds very diffucult. "hi. im demasoni, and i have to buy containers every week to breed mealworms because im an idiot."
Dproguyzerz 10 months ago
@Dproguyzerz First off, thanks for watching my video. Honestly, I think this is the most productive way to breed mealworms. It gives you the biggest yield. And during this video, I just purchased some more containers to add to my previous containers. I do not buy containers every week, its more like every 6 months at least. How can you call me an idiot if you can't even get your facts straight? You must have a productive life.
demasoni521 10 months ago 17
@demasoni521 about the containers, i was exaggerating, because u dont need to keep buying containers, let alone seperate them. i probably wouldnt bitch so much if u said this was the "best" way to breed mealworms. u cant say that
Dproguyzerz 10 months ago
waaaaayyyyyyy to complicated. "u have seperate everything every 2 weeks" bullshit. skullmaster430 has the best method. its the easiest
Dproguyzerz 10 months ago
I bought about a 1000 of these lil guys at the pet store, brought them home and my mom freaked. She doesn't want to live with bugs in the house. I need to find a new home for her... Are there any places, like the SPCA that will accept unwanted mothers?
.. I'm only kidding, but tomorrow I have to go down to the creek and feed my lil' babies to the fishies. ..when I really looked forward to breeding them, too! :(
imperfectionKillz 10 months ago
lmao. Your fish go crazy over them!
I have a couple questions...
Can the mealworms suffocate if you have the container tightly sealed? Should I look for a container with holes or some form of ventilation?
imperfectionKillz 10 months ago
how long dus it take for the pupa to hatch
Xxowned7txX 10 months ago
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clean ur fuckin tank nasty bitch
TheBigdadydave 11 months ago
@TheBigdadydave It has been cleaned shortly after the video was made. Thank you for your suggestion, and thanks for watching.
demasoni521 11 months ago 20
@demasoni521 rofl :P and thanks for watching haha
litlrich 11 months ago
question............
how do you stop the mealworms from crawling out of my plastic tubs?
it happens when they turn that yelloweeeeeeee colour.
cradleof11 10 months ago
my worms crawl out and escape all the time even putting tape around the tubs
tambaz1 10 months ago
@TheBigdadydave go blow your father if you in fact actually know who the fuck that crack head is
halfway2hell 10 months ago
@TheBigdadydave why do you think he bought the filters dumb ass
100nquinn 9 months ago
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The best way to prevent or get rid of mites is to put sulphur into your feeding material. They hate it! And it doesn't hurt the worms or what you are feeding. Also, and very important, is to keep the trash out and the moisture. Your breeding farm should be dry!
Dee22450 11 months ago
The best way to prevent or get rid of mites is to put sulphur into your feeding material. They hate it! And it doesn't hurt the worms or what you are feeding. Also, and very important, is to keep the trash out and the moisture. Your breeding farm should be dry!
Dee22450 11 months ago
ok so on a scale of 1 to 10 10 being the worst. how bad does your colony smell. because mine smells like something died in there and iv looked all through the oat meal and couldnt find any mold or any thing that would make it smell so bad. like the smell is so bad i dont even want to open the lid to feed them. and if you know how to get rid of this bad smell id really like to know. plzz help thx
GOLDROCK420 11 months ago
@GOLDROCK420 When kept properly, they shouldn't smell like anything. My colony hoenstly just smells like stale bread and oatmeal. Here's my suggestion to you: check if there are mites, and check on the bottom of the container. Avoid watery foods and just give them carrots or lettuce. Let the colony dry out a bit. Are there any dead worms/beetles in there? They really don't smell bad, I guess from 1-10 probably 2 or 3 =/
demasoni521 11 months ago
@demasoni521 thats exactly what i had on my old colony i couldnt figure out what was on the carrots that i fed my bettles they were fucking mites. so i just tossed that colony and started fresh. so how would i get rid of the mites if they where to come back and how do they end up in my colony in the first place
GOLDROCK420 11 months ago
@GOLDROCK420 Mites thrive on mold and moisture. What I recommend is to take the carrots and put slices of them on pieces of napkins. Therefore they won't touch the oats so no mold. Let the colony dry out a bit. Take the lid off (if you have one) and don't give them any moisture for a week (they'll survive). The mites should be gone once everything dries out.
demasoni521 11 months ago
@demasoni521 is it possible for the mites to get out of the container that i have the meal worms in. because that would suck balls if all of a sudden i have mites walking around my house.
GOLDROCK420 11 months ago
@GOLDROCK420 yes, but they wouldn't really reproduce in the house because it is much drier. I used to have mites when I didn't know how to breed these and they literally overflowed out the sides of the container. Just keep things dry, and they shouldn't be a problem.
demasoni521 11 months ago
walmart is evil!!!!!!!!!
kyelb818 1 year ago
Um what do u use for water?
Reptiledictionary225 1 year ago
@Reptiledictionary225 I usually use a carrot or a piece of lettuce.
demasoni521 1 year ago
your fish tank needs a cleanin and is overcrowded!!!! lmao jk beautiful job on the video bud...
JHSUZYQ14 1 year ago
@JHSUZYQ14 Yes, I agree it needed a cleaning at the time. Now all 20+ of my convict cichlid juveniles are living in a nice clean tank. Yeah when I made this video last summer I was out for 2 weeks, and nobody bothered to clean the tanks haha.
demasoni521 1 year ago
So what do u do with the 'pupey' things?...put them into a seperate tub then they turn into beetles or worms?
munkeynut 1 year ago
@munkeynut I usually put them in a small plastic tub. It can be small because they do not move. Once they pupate into beetles, I move the newly pupated beetles into a tub with oats.
demasoni521 1 year ago
hey would i have a colony with only 7 beetles or should i buy more mealworms??
xXM0nst3rXx1 1 year ago
great video diagrams and reports at the end were informative good job thanks
Sheedo313 1 year ago
i had like 30 beetles but they never had eggs. do they need a certain substrate, temperature, or large enclosure?
agilityx3 1 year ago
@agilityx3 no you dont heck i had mine breed inside of the container i got them in from petsmart
ZackLemonShow 1 year ago
Hello!
I have 6 recipients with mealworms, but they don't multiplicate should I like!
My birds with puppies eat a lot of mealworms.
I suspect the beetles eat eggs and the smallest babies, is that true? Do you Know that?
Is it very important separate the eggs and beetles??
I'm sorry for the bad english!
Thank you!
EdwardQueirozTedde 1 year ago
@EdwardQueirozTedde I believe it is important t seperat the eggs and beetles. Beetles can and will eat eggs.
demasoni521 1 year ago
i wanna start bredding any tips other than these
acgrs8 1 year ago
What do you do with the beetles? Do u feed them to ur reptile or are they just the breeders? i dnt get it...lol
reptilechick90 1 year ago
@reptilechick90 I don't know what he does, but I wouldn't recommend feeding your reptile them... they are not nutritious at all, they have so much chitin (stuff that makes up the hard shell of insects) and the chitin can prohibit your herp from gaining any nutritents from the beetles. Also there hasn't been a successful situation for gutloading beetles properly (dusting has been proven to not be a good method of supplementation by many papers). So just keep them as breeders :)
bugbabe623 1 year ago
@bugbabe623 Please scratch my comment. Your arguement is very good, you have a lot more experience with herps probably while the only reptile I own is a red eared turtle. Chitin is indigestible and not good for food. Thanks for helping with my comment, bugbabe623.
demasoni521 1 year ago
can the beetles climb on a vertical surface?
Gvlad2008 1 year ago
@Gvlad2008 beetles cannot climb glass or plastic.
demasoni521 1 year ago
@demasoni521 thanks...i was asking because i have 4 pupas and i keep them in a little plastic box with no lid...and i don't check on them every day, so i don't want any surprises when they become beetles
Gvlad2008 1 year ago
hey how long after i put the beetles into a bin do i have to take them out?
snowboarderj07 1 year ago
@snowboarderj07 depends on temperature and stuff like that, but for me I wait around 2 weeks before I switch containers.
demasoni521 1 year ago
@demasoni521 thanks!
snowboarderj07 1 year ago
hey ,its been a week plus now,i did not see any baby mealworms in the beetles box ,im worried that my breeding plan wont work,help me!!
madturtlefan 1 year ago
how long does it take to have pupa's because i have had my mealworms for 2 weeks and still have yet to see a pupa am i doing something wrong or do they take longer
Senorboner48 1 year ago
lol at 4:00 i thought my video froze =P
attack30sowns 1 year ago
@attack30sowns haha eh I stutter sometimes, mlia
demasoni521 1 year ago
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is there a best temperature for breeding or will just about anything do, I live in utah and its kinda cold. and how bad does it smell?
naththespaz 1 year ago
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naththespaz 1 year ago
So,once they become pupa u just put inside the beetles enclosure?Wont the beetles eat them?
madturtlefan 1 year ago
@madturtlefan what i do is i usually take a small plastic tub and put the pupa in. once they are beetles i'll put them with the beetles.
demasoni521 1 year ago
if you see baby mealworms in the beetles box u just leave them alone and only transfer the beetles?
madturtlefan 1 year ago
@madturtlefan yes, just leave the worms alone and transfer just the beetles.
demasoni521 1 year ago
how long will i wait for the beetles to have baby mealworms and how do i know when to transfer the beetles to another box???
madturtlefan 1 year ago
if you don't separate the beetles will any eggs survive at all
Senorboner48 1 year ago
@Senorboner48 yes eggs will survive, but with the method shown in my video, there will be the best success rate.
demasoni521 1 year ago
How do you sex the bettles?
farmerz245 1 year ago
@farmerz245 quiet frankly, I don't know. I just keep all the beetles together and they'll do their business haha
demasoni521 1 year ago
Hey,i found out that one of my box is filled wif mealworms pupa,what should i give them(food) when then become beetles???
madturtlefan 1 year ago
@madturtlefan thats great! They do not need any food and they will take about a week or two weeks to become beetles. Once they are beetles they will look whitish, then red, then black because their shell is hardening. Make sure you feed the beetles some moisture when they morph from the pupa because they really need it .
Cheers
demasoni521 1 year ago
@willfeldon yeah I will definetely clean it. Algae doesn't really bother me though, it is a sign that my water quality is good and microorganisms can survive on the glass. If a tank has no algae, that means the lighting and water isn't good. Thanks for watching and I appreciate your comment! Cheers
demasoni521 1 year ago
wen it comes to the beetles how do u find the eggs and when u get the eggs what do u do to them to make them hatch?
leopardgeckocrazy13 1 year ago
@leopardgeckocrazy13 I never found any eggs haha you'll know they're there if you see tiny mealworms in about 3 weeks. Trust me, if you have beetles they are laying eggs haha
demasoni521 1 year ago
dude you sound just like meh LOL
GlobalAndy 1 year ago
@GlobalAndy haha
demasoni521 1 year ago
Wait so you seperate the mealworms and the beetles, but how do you seperate the eggs from the beetles?
Honeebuket 1 year ago
@Honeebuket You can't really seperate the eggs. What I do is I take the beetles out of their enclosure after about 2-3 weeks. The eggs will remain in the oats in the orginial container, the beetles are transferred to a new container. hope that is clear
demasoni521 1 year ago
Will beetles eat the pupas?
xTacKxMalicE 1 year ago
@xTacKxMalicE yes sometimes. Which is why I always seperate them.
demasoni521 1 year ago
Do you know that my mealworms eats turtle pellets cox one time one of the pellets drop into the box and a while later i saw them 'fighting', i was like wat the hell!? So i went to check it out and saw that they r fighting over the pellets so from then onwards i gave them turtle pellets....
madturtlefan 1 year ago
@madturtlefan yes, i guess they like the protein or something. I feed my beetles some fish flakes every so often to give them an extra protein boost for more eggs
demasoni521 1 year ago
hey man can i feed mealworms as a staple diet to my leopard gecko? cause i read online that you cant because there is to much chitin in 'em and they cant digest 'em propely plz reply :)
-Nathan
leolover12345 1 year ago
@leolover12345 um, I usually go with variety for any animal. Mealworms are good, but not forever good. I recommend you get some blaptica dubia roaches or at least swap mealworms a week, then crickets a week. This will be a good staple for your gecko. also try phoenix worms, and waxworms as treats sometime
demasoni521 1 year ago
I recently started breeding meal worms and my first attempt I used quick oats, and the oats didnt work out for me, All the meal worms, but four died. I tried again with Chick Starter, after I read that you can use it, I already had some on hand because I have a duckling, and the chick starter worked out good for me and its also really cheap I get about 15 pounds for a little less then $5. You should look into it, You get a lot more for your money.
Degumom 1 year ago
@Degumom yes i sure will! thing is i've heard that chick mash sometimes has like mite eggs or beetle eggs in it? or something about it not being sterile. I'll definetely look into it though! thanks!
demasoni521 1 year ago
nice video
largepandabutt 1 year ago
if the mealworms and other things if they eat the smaller guys that equals bug mealworms
mrlamabamaman 1 year ago
does bearded dragon eat the beetles?
Seedot0001 1 year ago