I was changing the water in the mealworms’ container today, and I noticed a few babies crawling around in the oatmeal! They’re so cute – and by cute I obviously mean small, maggot-like and disgusting!
Now that I have seen some evidence that the adult beetles are producing offspring, I have divided the beetles into two containers – one containing adult beetles and one containing the larva. I will now empty all of the food from the adults’ container into the other container every so often – this is because the adults will lay the eggs in the food, and will also eat the eggs. By transferring the food to another container I will hopefully prevent them from eating too many eggs and produce more mealworms.
I haven’t enclosed any photos because they are too small to get in the shot, but expect some lovely baby pics when they get a bit bigger!
Only you could find maggots cute!