I did so much looking around and MulberryFarms is the best if you live near the West Coast, and Great Lakes Hornworm is the best place if you are closer to the East Coast. Best Prices as far as anyone I've found.
they do grow really fast so if you dont want them too big keep them in a cool place
You can't keep them in a mini fridge on a super super low setting can you? I know you can put them in the fridge for a couple days then take them back out to slow the growth rate, but I plan to get a mini fridge and put it on like 50-60 degrees. My regular fridge is colder than that, so that's why I'm getting a mini fridge - to keep bugs chilled, but not too cold, you know?
I'm about to get some hornworms for the first time here in a couple weeks too. I;m buying from Great Lakes Hornworm because I live in Indiana and they are super close to me, as well as a good price.
I was going to get eggs as well, then put them into the hornworm pods when they hatch. When I contacted Great Lakes Hornworm with a few questions, they told me that the pods are not re-usable.
How is this so? Can't you just add more food to them when all of the food is eaten? Or is there a better way to do it than to get the upside-down pod things? The GLH owner told me that they are special cups with screen in them and you would need a special machine to make them.
Um.... they look like a plastic cup, with a plastic lid with holes, with screen stapled into it, turned upside down. Now it may not be a FLIMSY plastic cup... but a cup nonetheless. So what's so special about it, and why was I told they aren't reusable? When you make the hornworm chow, couldn't you just take out the worms, take out the old chow, add new chow, worms back in, flip cup, and go?
Or is there a special method to it?
I'm looking to feed off lots of the worms, but I'm also wanting to pupate some into moths. I understand the hornworms will probably get to around 4" before this happens, which is when they will go exploring for a place to dig? (they dig into dirt to pupate don't they? or is that the phoenix worms.... I forget. maybe it's both? I have notes written down somewhere from research but I don't remember....)
