This is a little off the subject, but I've read that you shouldn't use king mealworms as feeders because they're just regular mealworms that have been fed a chemical inhibitor that keeps them from progressing to adult beetles so they just keep growing bigger and bigger as larvae, and the effect the inhibitor has on animals that eat it isn't known. Superworms are ok, though. They're a different beetle that naturally grows that big as larvae.

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• worms - mr_pokey, Wed Jul 30 17:45:49 2003
• RE: worms - chamsrcool, Wed Jul 30 18:28:22 2003
• RE: worms - chimbakka, Wed Jul 30 18:42:18 2003
• RE: worms - Jason82, Wed Jul 30 19:56:53 2003
• RE: worms - chacoantegu, Wed Jul 30 22:42:01 2003
• RE: worms - safo, Thu Jul 31 00:59:49 2003
• RE: worms - NickMorin, Thu Jul 31 09:04:14 2003
• RE: worms - chimbakka, Thu Jul 31 10:30:47 2003
• RE: worms - masterplan, Wed Jul 30 23:45:14 2003
• RE: worms - chimbakka, Thu Jul 31 10:33:26 2003
• HEre's the deal with superworms..... - eric adrignola, Thu Jul 31 12:39:00 2003
• RE: worms - chamsrcool, Wed Jul 30 18:28:30 2003
• thanks everyone - mr_pokey, Thu Jul 31 20:33:23 2003