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i have never seen a palce that sells superworms. what i do see is the meal worms, giant mealworms and super mealworms.
these are all the same right? just different sizes. or like what u guys said down below. are superworms and super mealworms the same or different
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1.0. Vield Chameleon(Jessy James)
1.1.3 Sugar gliders(Bonnie & Clyde)
2.0 Ferrets(Butch & Sundance)
1.1.3 Parakeets(Prettyboy,Sassy)
1.0 Doberman (Aries)
1.1 Cats(Riley, Zoe)

OK, here's how to tell them apart. They are different species of beetle larvae. Mealworms and "giant" mealworms have the same Latin genus name Tenebrio. The giants are just genetically or hormonally stimulated to grown larger. Superworms, also known as Kingworms or Darkling beetle larvae are genus Zoophobas. Ask the shop for the Latin name. It should be on their shipping materials or on their wholesale order info. If you look at online herp food sites you can often see pics. Go to Carolina Biological Supply and search for them. They will explain the difference and show pics. Superworms have a dark head and tail unlike the mealworms. Does that help?

John-

Here are photos of the two worms. Different shops call them different things. Superworms are a better food source if you are going to feed them to your chameleons!

MEALWORMS

SUPERWORMS

Hope this helps!
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John W. Lucas

CHAMELEON PARADISE

CHAMELEONS ONLINE E-ZINE AUTHOR

Feeding Baby Chameleons
Caging Baby Chameleons
Misting Systems

Photo © Chameleon Paradise 2003-2004

>>John-
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>>Here are photos of the two worms. Different shops call them different things. Superworms are a better food source if you are going to feed them to your chameleons!
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>>MEALWORMS
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>>SUPERWORMS
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>>Hope this helps!
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>>John W. Lucas
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>>CHAMELEON PARADISE
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>>CHAMELEONS ONLINE E-ZINE AUTHOR
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>>Feeding Baby Chameleons
>>Caging Baby Chameleons
>>Misting Systems
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>>Photo © Chameleon Paradise 2003-2004
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0.1 veiled - Luna
0.2 green anoles Jaida & Jetta
0.1 brown anole - Jamaica
0.2 house geckos - Gaia & Tia
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta

the ones that i have are the ones in the bottom picture. but i bought them as super mealworms. so i assume that super mealworms ar what u mean by superworms.
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1.0. Vield Chameleon(Jessy James)
1.1.3 Sugar gliders(Bonnie & Clyde)
2.0 Ferrets(Butch & Sundance)
1.1.3 Parakeets(Prettyboy,Sassy)
1.0 Doberman (Aries)
1.1 Cats(Riley, Zoe)

did you happen to get them from herpfood.com (reptildepot.com - same company). I know that they call their superworms "super mealworms". The last time I ordered some I pointed this out to them and said it could be confusing. not that they will do anything but if they did it would sure clear up confusions like yours! There may be other companies that refer to them this way, too.

lele
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0.1 veiled - Luna
0.2 green anoles Jaida & Jetta
0.1 brown anole - Jamaica
0.2 house geckos - Gaia & Tia
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta

thats where i got them
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1.0. Vield Chameleon(Jessy James)
1.1.3 Sugar gliders(Bonnie & Clyde)
2.0 Ferrets(Butch & Sundance)
1.1.3 Parakeets(Prettyboy,Sassy)
1.0 Doberman (Aries)
1.1 Cats(Riley, Zoe)

>>thats where i got them
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>>1.0. Vield Chameleon(Jessy James)
>>1.1.3 Sugar gliders(Bonnie & Clyde)
>>2.0 Ferrets(Butch & Sundance)
>>1.1.3 Parakeets(Prettyboy,Sassy)
>>1.0 Doberman (Aries)
>>1.1 Cats(Riley, Zoe)
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0.1 veiled - Luna
0.2 green anoles Jaida & Jetta
0.1 brown anole - Jamaica
0.2 house geckos - Gaia & Tia
0.2 felines - Kyndra and Líta