Wax worms?

[Andee]

I usually buy my wax worms at a local pet shop. I buy them specifically for their fat content because of this time of year and the need for weight for some of my insectivores when they are busier during the warmer season. I have never had issues with addiction ever. And in fact most of my animals prefer something else compared to wax worms or supers. What I am having issues with currently is finding a good supplier. My local stores of all types are apparently having horrible issues with their suppliers. I have experienced some of their most recent shipments first hand... And omg so much rotting when there shouldn't have been and it smelled so bad... So sickly. Now before I go ordering them online, does anyone have a good supplier they have order from in the last 2 weeks?

 

[bobcochran]

I thought you were the bug lady, you have to try a batch of wax moths. If you raise a jar of wax worms you'll see a completely different waxworm than what you buy! They're not sickly white, but instead are a nice golden color, and they're the complete opposite of the sluggish, almost motionless larvae you buy, they really get around. They don't stink either, they have a very pleasant smell.

 

[jamest0o0]

Honestly the ones I've ordered online have all been extremely active, plump, golden, and gobble up honey/bee pollen. They lived for months too in the fridge then pupated into moths.

 

[Andee]

I have never felt comfortable raising the ones I have bought before. They aren't healthier specimens in my opinion. They are healthy enough to feed off because they eat and such, but yeah... I would never try to breed them.

@jamest0o0 where do you get yours? I might start breeding them then if I can find a good group.

I already know how to from a couple months ago.

And I never said I was this "I thought you were the bug lady"... for some reason people keep labelling me things like this XD. I have too much to learn to be labelled like this XD

 

[jamest0o0]

Okay bug lady whatever you say but I got them from ghanns and I think it was josh's frogs, I can't remember exactly I've had them so long lol. They were in perfect health though.

 

[Andee]

lmao XD you guys are such brats XD I guess I gotta look into it then

 

[Andee]

I will likely never raise wax worms, I have multiple reasons but my main and most important reason is I don't trust any wax moths not to get loose. They are very dangerous to weakened bee colonies and will destroy a hive that is smaller or has been weakened by something within days. I can't do it with that danger I have decided. I have a lot of bees that surround me, and as we all know bee colonies are weakened for a lot of reasons these days. I will not take part in anything that could possibly make it worse. *sighs* but buying them in small amounts and feeding them off is fine because I go through them quickly.

 

[bobcochran]

lmao XD you guys are such brats XD I guess I gotta look into it then

Hey bug lady, you can get excellent wax worms from Carolina Biological Supply, they're a little expensive but they come in a food substrate, are growing and healthy!

 

[jajeanpierre]

Hey bug lady, you can get excellent wax worms from Carolina Biological Supply, they're a little expensive but they come in a food substrate, are growing and healthy!

How do you raise them @bobcochran? Thanks.