mealworms

hi i have about 10 mealworms that have morphed into beetle things how would i farm them to reproduce?

We (myself and my OH) got a large plastic box and filled the bottom with porrige oats, wheatabix and bran flakes (crushed up) also a few crushed up cat biscuits, about and inch or two high. Put in some stale bread for them to lay eggs in and some egg cartons to climb over etc.

We thought our hadn't bred until one day i was staring into the box and saw the tinest and i mean miniscule worm i've ever seen, we had that up and running in a month and now the worm are big enough to eat! Lol.

We now have one box with worms in, one with beetles in and another with the alien forms in. (They tend to eat the alien forms).

This is just how we did it, if you google it there are some pages that'll help you.

Hope this helps

thankyou very much xx

No problem. Will try and get a photo of ours and put it on here.

Also, if you wanna feed them get some Bug Grub, can get it from most pet stores. Works a treat
Don't put too much moisture in there as they can cause mites or something and can kill them off.

ok they won't jump on me or anything i hate bugs

No bugs won't jump on you, if you put your finger near them they tend to just clamber on and walk around your hand! Lol. I hate bugs too, my OH does the beetle swap over.

Urghh, my skin is crawling just thinking about all these boxes of bugs lol. Will the hedgehogs eat the beetles?

mine too as far as i know they can eat them