I bought 30 mealworms tonight how long will they keep in a 2.5 gallon aguarium until they morph into beetles?
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How long till mealies become beetles?
newkid
Feb 27, 2004 10:45 PM
Replies (3)
roachey56
Feb 28, 2004 08:23 AM
1 inch mealies take like 1 month to turn into beetles. But longer ones take less.
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Mayo
Feb 28, 2004 08:25 AM
If the mealworms are large, they could pupate in 2-3 weeks. Again this could happen in one week or less. If you don't want them to pupate keep them in a cooler location. I have had no luck with placing them in the fridge, they always die and become a watery mess for me. I was trying to produce beetles from the first 3000 I bought, thought it would never happen, but when they start pupating they all start going fast. It took a little while, but now I have 4 small tubs with a nice sustainable colony. Too bad our only gecko is not eating but maybe once a week right now.
Matt
LeopardGeckoMan
Feb 28, 2004 04:48 PM
holy crap put that thing on a diet.
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