>Just thought I'd add some encouragement for any of you whose critters like >to eat superworms to try and breed yourself a colony. I keep a thriving >colony at room temperature in a Rubbermaid-type plastic shoebox with lots of >vent holes. They live amazingly well and long in pure wheat bran That's what I keep mine on too. Got a 50lb bag at the feed store for about $5. I've had them breed in bark/mulch. I understand keeping fresh veggies available is one of the keys--they have to have moisture. I use a hardware cloth food dish (hand made) so the veggies don't sink too far into the wheat bran.
>The breeding part is pretty interesting. This is the easy part for me--just fish the beetles out of my legless lizard tank! He spills them when he eats, and they hole away and pupate. They seem to like warm areas with some moisture. I have also put film canisters directly in the tuppeware with all the worms and some have pupated even in a moderately full container. (If the container is quite full the worms literally pack themselves into the film canisters--makes them easy to collect!) The last time I cleaned out the superworm container I found baby worms & beetle-parts in the bottom! >These guys will not pupate at room temps, as far as I know. Apparently some of mine did--in the presence of other superworms! They definitely pupate at a much faster rate in my legless lizard's tank. >These beetles go back into the main shoebox housing.... And boy do they STINK! I rotate them into a separate container, but just so I can separate sizes. I just toss the pupae in, or even any worms that are curling up. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ########################################################################### THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. ###########################################################################
