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how worms are counted?

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hello everyone!

i'm curious...
i'd like to know how do the farms count they're superworms and wax worms before selling?

Do they count them manually then place it into they're packaging and ship it to us?

im curious because everytime i order superworms and wax worms from farms, none of them are have the exact count of what i ordered?

why is it like that?

please enlighten me!

--- trix
 
They do it by weight, as far as I know. Take the average weight of one superworm, take that times 500, or 100, how ever many you've ordered, and voila. I imagine sometimes there will be a few more, sometimes a few less, but would average out in the end. You can't possibly imagine someone sitting there counting out 2,000 little mealworms for every order, can you? 1492, 1493, 1494......oh heck, where was I??? 1....2...3.....4.......

Don't tell me you actually sat down and counted yours.....? ;)
 
Cat, you have the right idea just not that simple. They use a greater count of say 100 worms or if they are real statistical will actually count 100, 500, and 1000 then weigh them. Those weights dictate what they ship, if say 1000 on standard is 2 pounds then they put 2.05 pounds in each box dictating that is at least 1000 worms.

PS if they were being strictly technical and legal they would count 1000 to 30 different batchs. Take the average that becomes the target weight for each amount.
 
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