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I am doing great with the three-drawer system but I have read a bit about a semi-automatic method that simplifies the process a bit by just leaving worms, pupua, and beetles together. Is anyone familiar with how to get this going and how to harvest worms? I was thinking of just dumping bran in...

In the diet thread you mentioned water crystals directly on the bedding... Any concern of mold, etc? And do you bother cleaning the crystal waste out? You mention that you clean boxes weekly but my mealworms barely eat. I am still working with my initial 1500 order. From that, I have 300 or so...

I am completely new to breeding mealworms and I have a question I am hoping you experienced breeders can help with. My setup is using the 3-drawer Sterilite containers with a screen glued in the bottom of one drawer. Each drawer is approx 13"X11". I am using a "Worm Chow" bought from an online...

I am new to cricket breeding. Everything seems to be going good EXCEPT the dirt/substrate/egg-laying medium I am using. I am using the technique where a small container of dirt is placed within the container of large crickets for 1 week then removed and put on heat to incubate. I had read (or...

I started making my own water crystals now that I am going to try to breed the crickets. I had been using the pre-made Flukers crystals with calcium but the cost is just astronomical on a large scale. Making the water crystals myself is ultra cheap and convenient but it lacks the calcium. I...

I am the proud dad of three new Leo's. We bought them together at a local pet store about 3 weeks ago. Initially we were handling them everyday for a couple of minutes but stopped a few days ago to see if less stress would help the issue. They are not hatchlings but they are still to young to...

Is this normal? I am finding 3 or 4 a day from a group of 500. But my large mealworms aren't Papua-ing up. Thoughts?? Thanks.

Just wanted a knowledgeable opinion here. We bought 3 Leo's not to long ago and this Leo, Lili, is the only one that has this. In the picture, please notice the black coloring on the feet and legs. They almost look dirty but they aren't. I hope it just her coloring but still a bit nervous...

I keep getting an error message when I am trying to reply to the post on mealworm breeding. The error says something about URL's and forbidden words. Problem is that my post does not contain any type of URL or anything that would be considered forbidden. Please help. By PM or on here. Thanks.

Hi all, I hope this is the right place for these questions. I couldn't decide between this section or the NooBs section! Anyway, I know the answers to these questions are here on this forum but I have a very limited amount of time and want to get these standard questions answered as soon as...