Mealie Beetles

[HeatherRose]

Hey guys! LoL I am WAY too excited about this, but I finally have hatched teeny tiny baby mealies :P :rolleyes:

Does anyone know how long the beetles live for, and how long it will take the mealies, currently |--| this big, to get
|-------------------------| this big?

Thanks :D

[depressor86]

ive had about 50 beetles for a couple weeks now, havent seen any new mealworms

[HeatherRose]

they're sOOOOOo tiny.....it's crazy....pick out all the beetles, move them to a new place and lave the old substrate...wait a week or two and seeif you see anything! I only have 10 beetles..I'm just starting.

[Bryce Masuk]

it takes a fair amount of time mine are on the 2 generation and just starting the third gen i have had these mealie's since october and keep them heated on top of my geckos tank from his che and light bulb i have ike 5000 now

[snakemann87]

could you guys tell me how you are breeding them??? I have two little plastic cages with mealies, and would like to breed since i have herps that take insects. Ecspecially my tokay which is a pig. Info on breeding would be greatly appreciated.

[Bryce Masuk]

let them sit and put in vegtables on the top of the substrate ( bran oats what ever works)
keep them warm and they will grow faster i use containers that you cant see through they will pupate over time and then beatles will hatch and breed as i said before the process takes time but is well worth it for back up food alone

[asphyxia]

I have no problem getting beatles and have 2 now for about 2 weeks but no eggs and suggestions.

On a related note, I have silkworm eggs but never and silkworms

Thanks
Brian

[Bryce Masuk]

it often takes the eggs along time to hatch i still have some hatching from 2 months ago when all the beatles died the rate of growth depends on heat so some are probley micro sized now you will be able to see some soon

[Edwin]

Check out this link:
http://www.drgecko.com/mealworms/breeding.htm