Mealworm pupa turning into beetle (really cool!)

[MrSiggiym]

Aww I was hoping that it would turn into Beedrill :/

[Cyberfreak2010]

Two of mine have come out and about 20-30 more to go

[DylanBurke11]

:D I now have 2 Pupa's and ones huge! Just waiting now...

[DylanBurke11]

So I could leave the beatles with my supers? If I can keep them ALL together I better get a bigger cage for them!

[DylanBurke11]

Oh, can you help? I have a couple of Superworms but only 1 has Pupatied. Will they hatch if I have them all in the same container? Ive been experimenting and the fastest Pupation ive gotten was one alone in a small container that was tinted so he couldent see much.

[bobster869snakeboy]

@DylanBurke11 i keep all me mealworms, pupae and beetles together, but you need to have enough space for them. Sometimes when they are hungry the beetles will eat the pupae so keep them fed! Best luck!

[DylanBurke11]

I am on a mission to get some beetles to breed. I have a Pupa and is in a C-shape right now. I am now waiting. Any day now!

[bobster869snakeboy]

@DylanBurke11 lol hope it turns into a beetle!

[NerdFlavoredCondom]

I hate pupas they creep me out XD

[forgottentilldeath]

I have a pet lizard, I feed it superworms... the superworms bury themselves sometimes.... and all of a sudden i see those funky ass lookin things and i was like WTF?! then after a while I saw beetles... I got sketched out... I know throw them outside.... and kill the little things like thesse.....

[bobster869snakeboy]

@forgottentilldeath these are just pupae of the superworms... they will change into beetles so dont kill them. The beetles will mate if you keep them correctly and make more superworms for you!

[forgottentilldeath]

@bobster869snakeboy They freak my lizard out so I gotta take them out or the lizard wont get off the vine-.-

[GEEway525]

looks painful

[987654321lax]

what does it mean if a pupae turns black. is it dead

[User14k]

what exactly do they eat after they turn into beetle??

[bobster869snakeboy]

@User14k carrots, cabbage, lettuce..stuff like that 

[SpaceKuriga]

@User14k human flesh!

[plopthepspking]

how do you separate your pupa from the larva?

[bucketstons]

how long does it take a larval mealworm to grow into the adult beetle? (tenebrio molitor)

[bobster869snakeboy]

@bucketstons a few months??

[MissElectricEyeliner]

@bucketstons It takes about 2 weeks for the pupa to turn into a beetle. I just raised some of mine.

[Pickleweries]

@bucketstons It will take the mealworm larva (After curling up into a "C" shape) about 2 months. Then the larva will pupate, and after perhaps 10-18 days into pupation, the larva will transform into a beetle (Like in the video above /\ ).

[Sydonyne]

soso very funny hahah

[weevilism]

by the end he looks like he's just trying to take off a really tight pair of annoying jeans...

[Tfr3sh17]

Can a bearded dragon or a leopard gecko eat the final beetle form?

[bobster869snakeboy]

@Tfr3sh17 i wouldn't do it, their shells are quite tough.

[xxHATESxTHExWORLDxx]

@bobster869snakeboy I am raising mealworms as well and I have a ton of pupa but only a few beetles my pupa keep dying should I have them like under a heat lamp or have some humidity or something I dont know why they keep dying so much

[bobster869snakeboy]

@xxHATESxTHExWORLDxx umm that happens to me too, I notice that the beetles sometimes eat them...so thats why i've separated them. I wouldnt add humidity unless they are SUPER DRY cause mold and stuff could develop. Heat, i dont know... just try to separate them from the beetles hope it helps.

[xxHATESxTHExWORLDxx]

@bobster869snakeboy Thanks for the advice I'll just keep tryin to get this to work :)

[TheSnakeboy11]

Why does everybody always have my user name?

[legomaster5551]

Lol air hump

[DomoRawrFTW]

is this fast forward?

[killerguy127]

oh and they were smaller

[killerguy127]

all my 4th grade teachers they raised meal worms and fed them rice

all of them eccept my homeroom kept them

it was cool and when they layed eggs they die

[CrazyIlene]

very cool vid! That's the most fascinating part!

[Kokiri971]

It's dancin!

[Ozbeardyz123]

i'm trying to breed mealwoms and i bought a pack like 2 or 3 weeks ago and i still havn't found any pupae.is there anything i can do to help them turn into pupae quicker?

please reply

[Yugi196Trades]

I bought mealworms for my pet lizard (chinese water dragon) and I keep them refrigerated in the container but they are still alive. If i don't feed them to my lizard and keep them in the container will they eventually evolve?

[bobster869snakeboy]

@Yugi196Trades no they wont turn into beetles if you keep them refrigerated, but if you just keep them in a tub in room temp they will.

[bigfri5]

@bobster869snakeboy What If I keep them on my wooden floor in my basement? Its pretty cold down there but its not as cold as a fridge.

[bobster869snakeboy]

@bigfri5 if you dont want the mealworms to turn into beetles then ya keep them in somewhere cold.

[cr80rider33]

@bigfri5 just put them in the fridge

[MangoesXx]

@Yugi196Trades What? Mealworm is Evolving! Congratulations! Your Mealworm has evolved into Pupa!

[micahh182]

can they bite sting or anything like that?

[mynigel1488]

lol the mealworm looks like its dancing to the music

[ashlanas]

I am attempting to raise mealworms for the first time. I have a few pupae. How long does it take to complete the metamorphosis into a beetle? And also, how may eggs can a beetle lay at a time?

[bobster869snakeboy]

@ashlanas quite a few weeks, and a beetle can lay TONS of eggs, if you have lots of beetles, youll end up tons thousands of babies!

[ashlanas]

@bobster869snakeboy ok..another question......I have a few beetles now, but they are all dark. Do I need male and females? Do they mate, or does she lay the eggs and the male fertilizes them? Sorry about all the ?'s.

[bobster869snakeboy]

@gizmoanny nope

[Yugi196Trades]

@bobster869snakeboy So whats the wings for?

[TheArtisticBean]

@Yugi196Trades i dont know lol they dont use it

[bugsme10]

now i'm hungry

[bobster869snakeboy]

@bugsme10 lol

[TheReptileteam]

NICE VID! i used to feed them to my box turtle but now he eats greens with my tortoise haha

[bobster869snakeboy]

@TheReptileteam lol nice entry : )

[ratmanryan2]

That's awesome

[BrittanyNicole1990]

cool :P

[tylerhan2000]

1.you could speed it up

2.are you gonna feed that to your lizard?

[bobster869snakeboy]

@tylerhan2000

1. I DID speed it up if i make it too fast it would look bad

2. no im not

[ReptoMan12]

And I thought i got a lot of pupa, How long did you film this for

[bobster869snakeboy]

@ReptoMan12 like 20 minutes...then i came back an hr later and did the second part