What Im keeping superworms/kingworms and mealworms in:
3 cups ground alfalfa
3 -6 cups wheat bran
1/4 - 1/2 cup crushed / ground whole barley
1/2 cup oats and/or stabalized rice bran
1/4 - 1/2 cup powdered kelp (or 1/4 each kelp and spirulina)
1 cup air dried, shredded dandelion leaves
1/4 cup course ground seeds (sunflower seeds, sesame, squash, millet)
1/4 cup of ground (dead and dry) garry oak and maple tree leaves (dont overdo the leaves - too many tanins not good for cham)
3 tablespoons organic dried coconut
Additionally: add daily (on top of dry meal) small pieces of carrot, apple, orange, fresh dandelion, steamed squash, papaya, arugula, etc. Remove uneaten "wet" produce and replace with fresh every few days (do not give too much "wet" food or the substrate will go moldy or attract mites)
All of the above plus the worms are in a large plastic bucket, with about three inches between the top and the surface of the substrate/bedding. No lid. Fluctuating room temp (warmer in the day than at night)
* edit - supers that are for growing to beetles I am now also giving chunks of punky wood.
3 cups ground alfalfa
3 -6 cups wheat bran
1/4 - 1/2 cup crushed / ground whole barley
1/2 cup oats and/or stabalized rice bran
1/4 - 1/2 cup powdered kelp (or 1/4 each kelp and spirulina)
1 cup air dried, shredded dandelion leaves
1/4 cup course ground seeds (sunflower seeds, sesame, squash, millet)
1/4 cup of ground (dead and dry) garry oak and maple tree leaves (dont overdo the leaves - too many tanins not good for cham)
3 tablespoons organic dried coconut
Additionally: add daily (on top of dry meal) small pieces of carrot, apple, orange, fresh dandelion, steamed squash, papaya, arugula, etc. Remove uneaten "wet" produce and replace with fresh every few days (do not give too much "wet" food or the substrate will go moldy or attract mites)
All of the above plus the worms are in a large plastic bucket, with about three inches between the top and the surface of the substrate/bedding. No lid. Fluctuating room temp (warmer in the day than at night)
* edit - supers that are for growing to beetles I am now also giving chunks of punky wood.
