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    Changed the bedding for my superworms this morning:
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    Thanks for the video,I've been raising mealworms for about 10 years,I started out with oats,but soon changed to bran,and have never looked back.Im not sure how you raise a new batch of super worms, from your description it appears it's a bit different from mealworms.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Yaker View Post
    Im not sure how you raise a new batch of super worms, from your description it appears it's a bit different from mealworms.
    Much bigger than mealworms. My local pet store sells them for bird and reptile food.
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    Yeah it's simple to breed them. They won't morph into adult beetle while they together as maggots. You take the ones out you want to breed, place them in an isolated container. Once they morph into adult beetle, you place them back into the main colony to breed and lay eggs. This allows you to regulate your bait stock.

    The problem with mealworms you end up having an entire colony of adult beetles and no bait! With superworms you have control over when they'll pupate, so you have control over when they'll breed. That mean you can maintain a large number of worms at all times for fishing.
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    Ok,I see why you seperate them.I found a simple way to slow down the development of regular mealworms,not sure if everyone knows the trick or not,I pull out a couple hundred mealworms and refridgerste them for a few weeks,this forces them into dormancy.
    After a few week in the fridge,back to the colony they go,by doing this,I maintain a year round supply of bait,this is how I control And manage my colony.Again great video,
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    I see. That's makes sense. By keeping a couple hundred in dormancy then revitalize them at the right time, you stagger the pupation process of the whole colony.

    Superworm would die in the refrigerator. I thought I had killed them over Christmas when I went to my mom for a couple days. I left the heat off here, but fortunately it didn't get cold enough to kill them. The refrigerator would definitely kill them.

    I prefer the size of superworms. They're nearly the size of a European nightcrawler.

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    We can purchase jumbo mealworms from a local dealer,but from what I understand they are a type of hybrid.....not sure if that's true or not.I may give super worms a try sometime.

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    Right, na, you don't want jumbo mealworms. They can't reproduce. You want superworms, i.e., Morio beetle larvae: Zophobas morio is the Latin binomial name.

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    Default mealworm vs its pupa

    I keep all life forms in one plastic tote with oats... the beetle,mealworm, pupa, eggs and the circle of life repeats over and over.The first time I have enough to take fishing with me I accidentally had some pupa mix in with the mealworms and didn't think anything about it.

    That day I was with a friend, and the fishing was slow,until he motioned me over to where he was and said "they're tearing up these little white things" he was using the pupa instead of the mealworms.I tried some on my line and sure enough they got more attention from the fish than the regular mealworm.

    I didn't think you could use the pupa because they seemed to be too delicate,but no they cast just fine.Being on the delicate side is to your advantage, because biting down on pupa is almost like biting down on a bare hook.

    OK...mealworm vs its pupa... the winner is the pupa.For years now I have fished side by side with my girlfriend (who won't use the pupa because she thinks they look weird) and I always get way more bites than she does.You would think she would switch over to the pupa,but noooo...how stupid is that ? For those out there that raise regular mealworm give the pupa a try... I think you will be surprised.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Techno2000 View Post
    OK...mealworm vs its pupa... the winner is the pupa.
    In Europe, mealworms are almost unknown as bait, but maggots are as common as worms and crickets are here. The maggot pupa (known as a "caster") is a great bait and is very commonly used. You can walk into bait stores and buy a pint of casters.

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