How Long Does It Take Mealworm To Hatch From Eggs
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- Опубліковано 5 гру 2020
- Started bun 11/15
Removed beetles from substrate 11/27
This video was taken 12/5
20 days from the day I started the bins and there are tons of baby mealworms present in substrate. - Домашні улюбленці та дикі тварини
Thank you finally I found a video showing when to separate beetles from eggs great video ❤❤❤❤
I’m glad you found it helpful
Thank you for sharing this video, I'll slice up some potatoes for my beetles. I've been going back & firth testing which vegetables my mealworms & beetles may like. They are picky little crawlers XD
Mine aren’t too picky at all. New video just uploaded
I dont know if this helps you at all but the box I keep my beatles in had the bottom replaced with fine mesh then sat ontop of a shallower box, the beatles lay their eggs across the mesh then as they borrow around the substrate it causes the eggs to drop into the container below, any that dont fall thru fall thru after hatching 😅:) been a total game changer
I don’t raise them anymore. I became horribly allergic to the frass. But thank you!
Please tell me where do you get that substrateAnd what it’s called
Hi there! Wheat Bran. Your local livestock feed store should carry it! I just uploaded a new video on my mealworms… check it out!
thank you. just found your site. lots of babies. do you try to keep track how many beetles you have in one tray to roughly how many worms are hatched? I am trying to figure how long to let beetles stay in a new tray before moving them and leaving the eggs to hatch. I am just now learning so any hints are great. have a blessed day.
I change them out roughly every 2 weeks. No I don’t keep track of how many beetles per tray. I can tell by sight how many I to have per tray though.
You can see my mealworm play list for more videos
@@KrusinTheSierra thank you.
I don’t have mine In crushed grains just normal oatmeal, I started 2/21 and it’s 3/8 and I don’t see anything should I keep waiting or shift through the normal oatmeal and put the eggs into crushed oats?, so sorry if this doesn’t make sense
You should see movement soon....wait
Since the newly hatched babies are so tiny do they have any trouble climbing to the top of a couple of inches of substrate to find any food you leave there for them or do you need to dig down and put the veggies on the bottom?
They have no trouble at all. But at this stage they don’t need a ton
@@KrusinTheSierra Thank you!
I'm having trouble keeping my baby mealworms alive. I've been giving the egg/hatchling mealworms Shredded carrots for moisture in their bran bedding... Seeing a lot of dried up carcasses. How often do I need to give them Shredded carrots to raise them for feeders?
Guess I'm doing better giving them carrot slices 3x a week. Babies are growing and not dying. Thank goodness!
I’m sorry I don’t know why I wasn’t notified of this message! Glad you are doing better. The dried up carcasses are probably just their sheddings… they shed their skins as they grow.
Thank you! I was about to throw out some old carrots and when I looked at it really well, all the dust on it was moving. So here I am researching if that is the eggs and babies or like some kinda mite.
They seem very mobile though, can they climb out of the bin and go everywhere?
The worms and beetles do not climb out as long as you keep sides clean of debris
@@KrusinTheSierra Yes I know. It's the babies I am asking about because I see them going all up the lids of my container. I am trying to figure out how to make sure they don't infest my bedroom lol
I’ve never had them leave the bin so I’m not sure why yours are lol
I saw one video where the presenter said the babies don't need food the first few moultings. I see you put potatoes in with them.
I would assume they need some form of water supply. My first eggs are now hatching and I can see some movement in the bran.
Should I put a potato or carrots in with them?
I provide them with food/moisture/water source as soon as I see movement.
I’m sorry my comment was so late but I didn’t notice that someone had commented 😢
Hi there.ive been having issues with mold forming on my food.how doni stop this?
If you are feeding something with high water content like cucumbers, slice it thinly or it could mild as it will take a lot longer for them to consume thick chunks. Only feed what they can eat in a day.
what would happen if I leave babies with beetle for too long?
I don’t know as I didn’t leave mine in the substrate longer than 2 weeks. I suppose you could do an experiment and see.
Eggs are at the bottom of tray and it's just sticked at the bottom and suggestions what I need to do?
Allow the eggs to hatch at the bottom of tray
Move the beetles to a different bin allowing the eggs to hatch in the current tray
Thank you lady ❤💕💖
How long will it take to hatch the eggs, and how long will it take to worms to grow up?
See my other videos as they might answer your questions
What’s the substrate?
Wheat bran
Aren't you risking damaging/killing the baby mealworms by scraping at the potatoes with that spoon?
Well I suppose anything is possible but I have great success in raising my mealworms.