Never heard of them. Post a picture. I'm sure someone on here, probably pappy, can tell ya.
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Was at gander mountain today, picking up some bait for this evening and saw these things... They look like mealworms of a sort..
Anyone use them, and what're they good for catching ?
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Never heard of them. Post a picture. I'm sure someone on here, probably pappy, can tell ya.
old ship
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Looks like some kind of meal worm to me. Never heard of a Butterworm???
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looks almost like japanese-beetle grubs that like to kill off chunks of my lawn.
are a moth larvae that are indigenous to the country of Chile. They inhabit the Tebo tree of the central Chilean highlands, and will not eat/thrive on any in the USA.
Generally used as pet food for Lizards, they are also used as fish bait/food. Used rather extensively in European countries, but also have a market in the USA. Known for having a "fruity" smell, and being high in calcium content.
(info gathered from several sites found by Google search)
At the prices I saw from the sites I visited ... I'm not sure they'll ever catch on as "fishing bait" :p (one site priced them at $12.50 for ten Butterworms ... another site only sold them by the pound) And since they are irradiated in Chile, prior to shipment to the USA, they cannot turn into moths ... so they can't be raised here.
.... cp
Rock on Pappy. I knew you would know.
old ship
Aquatic Species Removal Engineer.
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Here's a place to get them cheap - 250 for $40 Canadian, works out to $38.10 US, or that same dozen for $1.82
http://www.butterworms.ca/index.html
That almost looks like the grub worms that we have all over down here, we even found some living in a peice of rotten log and they were about 3 inches long and big around like my pinky finger.
They would probably be good for bream or catfish.
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