Super worm Metamorphosis

[RangoStar]

So I had a forum a little while ago asking about meal worm metamorphosis, and if they were okay to feed to my veiled. I have given him some, and he seems to like them, and I have many more breeding and pupating.

My question is, can you do the same with super worms? I usually feed my veiled super worms in the worm stage, but never have given him a beetle, they've never lasted that long. Would it be healthy to feed him a super worm beetle? How would I have to raise the worms? The beetles?

Any help would be much appreciated!

 

[absolutbill]

Instead of feeding off the beetles, place them in a separate plastic bin with a couple of inches of oatmeal (I buy it in bulk at Sam's Club). Add a dish of water crystals, and some gutloading veggies (anything wet keep in a dish so the oatmeal doesn't mold). Then, just wait. Your beetles will lay eggs, which you won't see, but then one day you will see your bedding wriggling. At that point take out the beetles, water crystals, and food, and transfer that into another oatmeal bin. Let that first bin grow up, so add some food in there for the baby worms, and within a couple of weeks they will be big enough to feed. It's really easy to do and a lot cheaper than buying them. PM me if you have more questions.

 

[fluxlizard]

Superworms have to be seperated to pupate and turn into beetles. If you aren't trying to do this to breed superworms, odds are pretty high the only super beetles you will see will be from worms that excape and pupate in your terraria.

 

[ridgebax1]

If you put a superworm into a dark container by itself, it will eventually turn into an alien looking thing that will then turn into a beetle.

 

[RangoStar]

I was just wondering if I could feed the BEETLES to my cham.

 

[foilempire]

I was just wondering if I could feed the BEETLES to my cham.

https://www.chameleonforums.com/superworm-beatles-18527/

Check out this tread. I think they are ok to be fed off!

I have seen my veiled eat one that got loose on his cage! Nothing happened!

Also check this out: https://www.chameleonforums.com/superworm-breeding-how-77737/

Hope to help!!!

 

[kgallego]

Instead of feeding off the beetles, place them in a separate plastic bin with a couple of inches of oatmeal (I buy it in bulk at Sam's Club). Add a dish of water crystals, and some gutloading veggies (anything wet keep in a dish so the oatmeal doesn't mold). Then, just wait. Your beetles will lay eggs, which you won't see, but then one day you will see your bedding wriggling. At that point take out the beetles, water crystals, and food, and transfer that into another oatmeal bin. Let that first bin grow up, so add some food in there for the baby worms, and within a couple of weeks they will be big enough to feed. It's really easy to do and a lot cheaper than buying them. PM me if you have more questions.

I do pretty much the same thing you do, except I use wheat bran instead of oat meal. I think the beetles are laying their eggs in the water crystals. I have about 60 beetles, but I'm only getting a couple hundred small worms every 3 months. There should be hundreds and hundreds, maybe even over 1000. I'm wondering if the beetles eat the baby worms or their eggs. Any thoughts on this?

 

[fluxlizard]

They do eat eggs.
Also they prefer to lay in cracks, and humidity is best kept high for hatching the eggs.

Bert Langerwerf or introduced this species of insect to the lizard world bred them by the zillions. He kept the beetles on wood shavings and used pieces of old wood with lots of cracks and holes in it for the beetles to lay their eggs in. He would lightly mist the shavings and wood every few days to keep humidity up. Each week he rotated beetles into new tubs to lay so they wouldn't hurt the eggs.

 

[absolutbill]

I do pretty much the same thing you do, except I use wheat bran instead of oat meal. I think the beetles are laying their eggs in the water crystals. I have about 60 beetles, but I'm only getting a couple hundred small worms every 3 months. There should be hundreds and hundreds, maybe even over 1000. I'm wondering if the beetles eat the baby worms or their eggs. Any thoughts on this?

I have some egg crates in there with the beetles, but I always end up with a lot of baby worms. I used to use wheat bran, however I had trouble with millers (flying moths that infested my home, so I switched to oatmeal and haven't had that problem since). Just as soon as I see some wriggling I move the beetles out and let the babies grow up. Good luck!