How do you keep your silkworms in a bowl

[Dagreek]

How do you keep your silkworms in their bowl? I have a curved bowl from petco is brown in color and has a curve inward but the silkworms still get out.

 

[nightanole]

You cant, they are spidermen. Even if you got a bowl that was slick enough that they cant crawl out of, they can still silk their way out. Ive had them make 2ft tall silk ladders and get out of the clear plastic trash can i use.

 

[junglefries]

You cant, they are spidermen. Even if you got a bowl that was slick enough that they cant crawl out of, they can still silk their way out. Ive had them make 2ft tall silk ladders and get out of the clear plastic trash can i use.

Slight miscommunication here, I think. I believe he is talking about feeding them to the cham in a mealworm feeding cup, not storing them. I have several of those cups. I ended up using them to put food in for crix and roaches. If you separate the lid from the bottom, it makes a great feeding tray for pinheads. When storing, you MUST have a screen covered lid.

 

[SilentNinja]

Quick question where did you purchase the silk worms from ?

 

[Dagreek]

Ya I meant keeping them in the mealworms cup and I got them from coastal silkworms

 

[junglefries]

Coastal silkworms and lindasgonebuggy.com sell them. There are some other places also, but I found these two to be the best. CF user nick barta has some great little oddities to feed. Piglett79 sells some critters too. Variety is the key to a healthy cham.