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What do you do with the mealworms that turn into beetles? I wouldnt want to breed the mealworms, so im a bit stuck.

Toss em'.

in the bin?! alive?! *shivers*

if they do go in the bin, wouldn't they fly out or crawl out? I can imagine my sister or mum having a fit when a huge beetle flies out of the bin! lol

Toilet? Freezers work wonders, too. Or you can send them to me, since my stupid meal worms are to lazy to transform.

lol, funny if they dont completely go down the loo, then you fing this beetle swimming in ur toilet!lol non-transforming mealworms sounds great(for me) if I eventually have a leo, i'll get one of my beetles to fly over to california lol

I guess I spoke too soon. I just found my first pupae! Yayyyyyy.

lol good for you! my mum would probably not let me breed them, shes scared of maggots so mealworms everywhere wouldn't be a good idea, lol! and i'm also guessing that mealworms are easier to get out, i think crickets would just take a jump for freedom! and one would probably land in my hair! (not verry nice...)

I just have my mealies a tuperware bin full of oats. They're content eating the potatoes, and I would assume eating the oats as the bottom is rather dusty.

Dispatch them via the "compression method" and throw away.

"compression method"?? lol

"compression method" = "smush them"