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Raising SuperWorms . . .

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We've decided to start breeding superworms. We have separated the worms into small compartments and some of them have begun turning into pupae. They have been like this for about a week. They transform one more time to become beetles, right? Once we have the beetles, what do we use as a bedding/food source? From what we understand, the superworms eat the bedding too. We bought superworm bedding from a breeder, but this will eventually get expensive. We've read that people use chicken feed as a bedding. But, since we also have chameleons, we have heard that if you gut load your crickets with chicken feed your chameleons will grow at a stupid rate and become deformed because of the hormones they add to the chicken feed. We don't want added hormones in the feeders! What do you suggest as a bedding??
 
Hey, i used to breed superworms..
It is quit easy
Those pupae will turn to red beetles, which will then turn black..
Once they are beetles, put them in a seperate enclosure, like a shoebox, and substrate isnt nessesary.., just need an egg carton for them to put their eggs on. The beetles lifes are fairly short, so only need apples to feed them. The breed, lay eggs and die...
Eggs will eventually hatch and when they do, remove them, and put them with your other worms, which you can use any type of oat or oat flakes as a substrate..
Any more questions, just email me at [email protected]
 
I have found that using dry oatmeal, mixed with gutload from Cody at Progeckos, makes a wonderful bedding for my supers, and is really quite inexpensive. I put a sliced orange or apple on top of the bedding for moisture, and throw in some occasional greens as well. The worms seem to thrive on this.
 
Rich and Lacey, try going to Wormman.com..he has EVERYTHING you need to know about superworms, waxworms, andy type of insect you need to know anything about. He had breeder kits, and all kinds of info on what type of bedding to use, ways to feed them so they have alot of nutrition for your animals you feed them to JUST EVERYTHING..he even sells ALOT of superworms and insects in large amounts for cheap prices...but other than that just go to the site and they will have anything you want to know or need, if they dont just email them and ask and they will tell..this guy is 100% the best guy we have bought live insects from that are worth the money! Very nice informative guy too! A++++++
 
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