Found this unknown organism in BSFL bin.

[Crashbandit05]

Like the title states, I was cleaning out my feeder bins and found this thing in with my bsfl. It is alive because when I poke it, it moves back and forth like it's in a pupate/cocoon stage.

 

[trickedoutbiker]

That's a super worm pupae. Might have gotten mixed in with your order. Take it out and leave it in a container for a couple weeks and a Darkling Beetle should emerge from it.

 

[Crashbandit05]

Thanks @trickedoutbiker I do have a question though. Can I feed the super worm pupate? I've read the beetles are pretty hard to chew.

 

[trickedoutbiker]

The pupae will probably be pretty hard itself considering its sole purpose is to be a protective coating while the worm turns into a beetle. Although I do believe I've heard of people doing it here and there, I'm not exactly sure how that would turn out if you could even get your chameleon to be interested in it. I turn 12 superworms into beetles every two months and feed them to my cham. I've never had a problem with them. You can actually gutload the beetles because they will eat leafy greens. Sure they have a little bit of a hard shell, but a lot of the natural bugs a chameleon will eat in the wild are beetles. If you did turn it into a beetle and you were lucky, you could catch it right when it comes out. As soon as it hatches, the shell will be white and super soft for a few hours and will slowly turn darker and harder.

 

[Crashbandit05]

@trickedoutbiker good to know. The pupae seems pretty soft right now, and moves a good bit when touched. If Leif doesn't show interest, then I will move it to another container to pupate.

 

[TheCoop]

Pupae are a great good source as long as they are in the "white" stage.

 

[trickedoutbiker]

nd moves a good bit when touched.

Every time I have ever pupated myself some beetles, the pupaes will always move and wiggle when you touch them, regardless of how far along in the process that are. When you see the little legs of the pupae beginning to turn black, that means the beetle is close to hatching out.