Not mealworms, but super worms. I would say some are as tall as the height of one drawer. It is completely smooth inside though.
I’m worried they’ll escape, should I get a bigger drawer? It’s so cute tho I don’t want to make a new one lol
Most beetles I've seen sleeping tend to scoot their feet in tight underneath their upright body.
Not the Darkling, they like to sleep in all kinds of crazy positions, usually trying to get their feet in the air. Then begins the feet tappies, and occasional antenna waving in time with the tappies.
It's funny watching them insist on sleeping on top of their tunnels, trying to cling on with just one foot, before they jump awake and add at least another foot to grip xD
(This is my first mealworm farm and first time observing them)
Open up my Compass for the first time in a few days to add some brown and green and I see these
unknown larva crawling all over it. are they good or bad? Should I be worried about my compost pile?
Northern Utah- about 1/2 inch in length
This is an update to a post I made last week trying to identify these worms that are all over the exterior of our basement apartment. I’ve only seen a few inside our house so far. The first pic is our drain outside and they’re overflowing it.. they’re under every surface outside and in massive amounts. In corners, crevices…everywhere. I couldn’t figure out why they’re here because we’ve never seen them outside the house before and especially in such large amounts.. but I just learned our upstairs neighbor has lizards and feeds them mealworms but when the worms turn into beetles, they toss the beetles out their window.. do you guys think that’s the reason they’re all here? Or is there another explanation to why this is happening all of a sudden?
Thanks in advance!
are there places that will take mealworms in bulk? i have an excess of beetles and worms and i don’t want to release nor kill them. where can i give them up? preferably for money.
I think black soldier fly(BSF) is a good alternative to fish meal