My chameleons take butterworms as easily as silkworms. They store easily in the fridge (I let them warm up before feeding to the chameleons). Butterworms are Soft bodied, relatively high in calcium. You can get them in a range of sizes, suitable to feed any chameleon 4 months old to adult. Though Butterworms dont get as large as silkworms can. Butterworms dont hang onto branches like silkies, so you are better to put them in a cup. They do make silk/web like silkies. So if left in the cup a long time you'll have to clean out the webbing now and then, especially if you use the same feeding cup for Crickets, which can climb the webbing.



I've bought pheonix worms (maggots) and they were well liked by my young chameleons. I offered them to only half of them, and that half showed no ill effects compared to the control half. However I personally just didnt like the look/feel of them and cleaning off the wood shavings they come packed in (which may or may not be necessary) was a pain.
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