I just read super worms wont turn into Beatles if they are kept as a group?

Is this True? :O

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Originally Posted by reptidude1

Is this True? :O

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It's true.:D

DAMNITTTTTTTTT Then how will i get these guys to become beetles to breed? Do i actually have to buy the beetles? This dosent happen with mealworms tho right?

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Originally Posted by reptidude1

DAMNITTTTTTTTT Then how will i get these guys to become beetles to breed? Do i actually have to buy the beetles? This dosent happen with mealworms tho right?

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You answered your own question. Just do the opposite of what your thread says dummy.:D:D

Step 1- Get a bunch of dixie cups.
Step 2- Put one superworm in each cup.
Step 3- Beetles.

I have kept superworms as worms for a year.
If you want them to pupate you nees to seperate them. Put one worm in a pill bottle size conatainer with dirt, it will soon pupate. Once its a beetle then you can put the beetles together to breed.

bout how long will it take for them to pupate? (i picked out the fattest ones in my bunch)
Also should i just feed the beetles the same thing as i feed the worms?
And do mealworms need to be separated?
One more question.... how many beetles should i start with to form a colony?

BumP.......

Never mind i got it :)

I know you said you got it but I wanted to note something anyways. Something that many people use is the weekly pill set boxes called "medisets". You know, the ones that are about 7 inches long, 1 inch high and 1 inch deep and have the letters on the top......oh heck....here is a picture.

http://www.sfaf.org/files/site1/imag...04_mediset.jpg

They have ones like that but are for like a month so it has like 30 compartments. Well people use those to change their worms into beetles.

Just a suggestion for you or anyone else who finds this thread looking for help. Sorry about the slight thread digging.

Oh speaking of digging.....never heard of putting dirt in with them.


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Oh and about separating meal worms. I read that you needed to but it turns out you don't. I bought 25 at the pet store, tossed them into my colony box and they have been morphing on their own quite well. Think I am up to around 15 beetles with several more morphing on the top of the substrate.

Here's a good care sheet on the raising/breeding of superworms:

http://www.reptilescanada.com/forums...ad.php?t=44223

I use a craft bead organizer (wal-mart $4 for one with about 40 compartments). I used my dremel to make a hole in each compartment. Don't use dirt or anything. They just need to be separated and be stressed...no food or water.

The way I isolated them when i bred them at school was even cheaper than anything I've heard here yet. Go to Walmart. Go to the photo center, and ask for a bag of empty film canisters. They'll give you a BIG bag full, and they're perfect for isolating the worms.