I have met my match with superworms. I always thought that no living creature could really gross me out, but now I found one. I was feeding Rust a few of those vile things last night; here's my method. I had them in a rubbermaid container but I did not want to touch them ( ! ) so I would flip a few onto a sheet of paper and then toss them into his tank. I hate picking them up because they swing their ugly little heads around like they'll bite you! When I dropped one, I actually shrieked like a little girl, something I haven't done since I watched one of those Halloween movies a few months ago.
A bunch of them were also walking backwards; is this some sorta defense mechanism?
I hope none of them turn into beetles. I will make my boyfriend deal with them. Seriously, I can deal with insects, but for some reason the superworms horrify me to no end. For live food, it's going to be just crickets for Rust from now on!