Separating mealworms from substrate??

I've been wondering this for a while and haven't been able to come up with a simple solution. How in the world can you separate your mealworms or small superworms from a substrate without picking them out one by one?? I'm using oatmeal for my small superworms, and it's really frustrating to sit there for 15 minutes to get enough for a single feeding!!

I tried using a fine mesh screen, but that didn't work that great. Do you guys have any tips/tricks to get more meal/superworms out of substrate? Any help will be much appreciated!

I use a sifter, but my mealworm substrate is not oatmeal it is a lot finer

I use small tubs for gutloading mealworms. If you grind your oatmeal into a fine powder you should be able to take a sifter and put handfuls of substrate into it. then simply shake the sifter over the tub and walah easy to get mealworms. On a side note: I use a kitchen blender to grind up my gutload... works very well. Chris

Well, it's too late for me to do that with this batch, but I'll definitely keep that in mind for next time! Thanks guys!

i got a sifter from petsmart, they called it a sand sifter was in the reptile product area the screen on the bottom was pretty big i will take a picture later if you would like.

Originally Posted by reptiler13

i got a sifter from petsmart, they called it a sand sifter was in the reptile product area the screen on the bottom was pretty big i will take a picture later if you would like.

Zach, is that the pint-sized square cup that has 1/16" mesh for a bottom? If it is, that's the same one I use. I think it's made by Pet-Tech. It works really well with Cody's gutload. I keep the mealworms in smaller containers, and I can dump the whole tub into the sifter. That way I can sift out all of the sheds too. (I just blow them off into the garbage can.)

yeah it is made by pettech, i think the screen will be a little to small for oatmeal, but it does work great for cornmeal and it was really cheap