Superworms

[P. Novak]

Whats a good substrate for them, and what kind of food is best for superworms, Ive been feeding mine some cucumber lately. Thanks.

 

[bugmankeith]

When I had them they loved fresh apples and raw potatos, and I kept them in plain oatmeal.

 

[OldHag]

I keep mine in peatmoss. Moist on one side dry on the other. Feed them potatos, apples, pears, fishfood, oatmeal, cereals.
Isnt there a SuperWorm sticky on how to keep them?? I recall it was very VERY informative!

 

[the_frog_kid]

hey i use coco fiber and mine are doin great
keep it moist but on the dry side
mix some ground alfalfa into it and some grains and your good to go
i would avoid cucumber since it does have a cyanide compund in it
it even kills american roaches
thats why i got some more from effci since one dill pikle killed my colonie of bout 3000 americans lol
carrot is awsome
it only molds if the humidity is over 95% otherwise it dries up




thanx froggy

 

[OldHag]

You fed your roaches a dill pickle??? I dont think it was the cucumber. It was the pickling!!

 

[the_frog_kid]

lol yea it was left over from my lunch (dont like pikles)
i dunno but pikles are cucumbers
might be the pikling process itself




thanx froggy

 

[siliconthoughts]

I had by far the best results keeping them in wheat bran. It's cheaper than oatmeal, and I had a lot of mold problems with oatmeal but none with bran.
The mold didn't seem to bother the worms, but I didnt' want to feed them to anything if they were full of mold. They eat the bran, so it has to be replenished.

Carrot is a good source of water, since it doesn't mold much either. Uneaten potatoes have to be removed fairly promptly.

I kept the adult beetles on toilet paper rolls. They seem to need a fair amount of moisture to survive, so carrots potatoes or apples should be available to them.

froggy -

I routinely feed my roaches cucumber. No problems yet. I wouldn't feed them pickles though - too acidic.

 

[rex_arachne]

i use chicken mash as bedding for my superworms (larvae and adult beetles). they live and breed there. i use potato slices and peelings as source for moisture/water and replace when they dry up.
*be sure to transfer the superworms to a thin layer of oatmeal bedding at least 24 hours before being used as feeders to purge them of the chicken mash and to gutload with the more nutritious oatmeal*

 

[the_frog_kid]

well i fed a australian roach a cucumber in mexico and it died as well
i used to feed them to my african giant land snails but then when i gave them to a friend to feed to his monitors one died because of some reaction with the compounds in the cucumber
i felt terrible since it was one small snail and one nice green tree monitor




thanx froggy