i've had my superworm colony since Sept 15th or something. well, that's when i separated them so they could pupate. now i've got my beetles (there are 40-something beetles) and even baby superworms crawling around!

their set-up is one of those 12"x12"x3" (give or take) drawer organizers. i use "Porridge mix" from Walmart as their food/substrate. i blended it all up so that it's a fine powder. i figured this would make it easier to separate the worms from the substrate when the superworms grew up enough.

the bottom drawer has the beetles with some toilet paper rolls cut in half lengthwise. there's an old sour cream lid that i put baby carrots on (so they don't get the substrate wet). the 2nd drawer has the same setup, but no beetles. just baby supers. they seem to congregate underneath the carrots. i put in about 4-5 baby carrots every few days. but i never want to take the old baby carrots out because i'm afraid i'd be throwing away a whole bunch of superworms!

the problem though, is today when i looked in, there seems to be a lot of dead baby worms. any idea why there would be so many dead ones? am i not providing enough carrots/moisture?