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Mealworm ques.

kavanaugh_j Dec 26, 2003 03:26 PM

Just wondering what the stages of the mealies are? When will I know they're morphing into beatles. Thanks in advance.

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Leo Lover Dec 26, 2003 03:35 PM
ultanoleman Dec 26, 2003 04:20 PM

Yeah Larvae, pupae , then beetle. When they are pupae I still feed it to my Leo. They actually get softer instead of getting harder. If the pupae is close to emerging it will be black, which obviously mean the pupae is done forming in to the beetle. Don't feed the beetles to Leos they have very hard shell.

gex53 Dec 26, 2003 11:11 PM

You should probably have a fecal test done just in case. Impaction in a strong possibility.
As for the mealworms, i use mealworms as a staple diet. Thats what was recomended to me by the majority of the people on this forum.

gex53 Dec 26, 2003 11:12 PM

n/p

gex53 Dec 26, 2003 11:14 PM

ignore the last two posts. meant to post on another thread but confused which question was which.

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