I've got worms! Supers that is.

[MSMorgan]

I've been trying my hand at pupating and breeding superworms without much success recently until last night. When changing the beetles over to their new/fresh bin, I finally got my magnifying glass out and took a look. I saw a little wiggling and upon further inspection, I noticed a super ensey, weensey, tiney super crawling through a carrot. When I awoke this am, I took another look and found a few more. Yea! off to the races with yet another feeder species. I imagine that it will take a while to get them to size (4-6 mo?) so we'll see how many more cups of supers I buy between now and then. Any tips from others out there breeding their own supers?

 

[bobcochran]

To speed up growth rates keep them at 90 degrees or a little higher, at these temps keeping them hydrated is critical. You have to keep fresh fruit and veges available. On the good side, at these temps you won't have molding fruit problems, unless your humidity is really high.

 

[MSMorgan]

Bob,

Thank you for your reply. I'll increase the temp to 90* and keep the fresh apples, carrots and the like coming. Looking forward to seeing these little guys without the magnifying glass.

 

[wodesorel]

How long did it take? I've been waiting on mine for over two months now and still haven't seen anything.

 

[MSMorgan]

Took about a month for me to notice nearly microscopic (ok, my eyes are bad, but I can see them with a mag. glass) worms crawling about on the apples/carrots in the beetle enclosure. When I spotted them, I transferred the beetles into another fresh tub to continue mating/ laying eggs.