Superworms.

[packer43064]

I've started raising my own superworms (again) and was going through a bunch of care sheets. I was wondering which ones you thought were best and which ones weren't so good?

http://carolinapetsupply.com/superworms.htm

http://www.wormman.com/breeding_superworms.cfm

http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Live%20F...er%20Worms.htm

http://www.progeckos.com/caresheets/superworm.htm

http://hubpages.com/hub/Superworms

http://www.geckotime.com/how-to-breed-superworms/

http://www.justskunks.com/page/909663

http://www.howtobreedsuperworms.com/

http://www.herpcenter.com/breeding-f...uperworms.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zophobas_morio

http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Bre...rms&id=3059558

Some of these have some contradictory advise, like whether or not to put any substrate in with the worms that you want to pupate for future breeders and other small things.

The substrate is their food. They live on their food. Old fashion oatmeal, bran, almost any grainy type of foods will work. Most like to use wheat bran or to use a blender and make it into a powder since you can use a strainer to get the baby supers out.

Also what do you use for moisture? It seems that everything I've tried in the past eventually molds.

It's going to mold no matter what. Leaving out any veggie or fruit will mold, it's just nature. Potatoes and carrots work pretty well though. I cut the potato in half and dry the inside a bit since it's really wet after you cut it, this will help. Just take out any moldy ones and replace with new.

I also had a friend tell me that there are some potatos out on the market now that have been genetically engineered to contain pesticides so may be bad to use for moisture. Anyone else hear anything about that?

Unless your going to buy organic or natural potatoes which would be twice the amount of normal ones I'd just stick with the normal ones. Most fruits and veggies now a days get sprayed with fertilizer.

Also, what would be a good number of breeding beetles and how often should I start a new breeding box in order to have a continuous supply of worms for a small colony of leopard geckos?

How much is a small colony? 2, 5, 7? Just wondering. If your soley trying to never buy superworms again then changing the beetles into a new tub ever 4-6 weeks would be ideal.