The lids either need to be left ajar or have air vents cut in them for ventilation. Plastic shallow tubs (with smooth sides to stop the larvae or beetles climbing out) with lids are perfect for your worm colony. They had no regular ones left in stock, so I bought the mini ones which are just a younger, smaller version so they took longer to ‘grow up’! I have since seen tubs of them in the store that have already started morphing into pupae, which would save you a few weeks of time in getting them breeding. I got mine from Pets at Home, where 120g cost me £6. Ensure you buy ‘mini’ or ‘standard’ and not ‘giant’ mealworms, as these appear to have been dusted with a hormone powder which makes them grow larger, but renders them infertile. You can find your starter mealworms easily online, or from large or specialist pet shops. Starting your own meal worm farm Sourcing your breeding stock They lay dormant for a week or more as a pupae until they finally crawl out of this last shell as a beetle.
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