HOW TO SORT PUPAE FROM MEALWORMS | MEALWORM FARMING
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- This is the second page of the mealworm farm! Follow me as we go through the life cycle of the mealworms and maintain the farm as they grow!
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I am very new and learning. Right now I have pupae in there own bin and every couple of days I collect adults. I did not think about spreading the pupae on an upside down container. Great idea.
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Awesome I didn't watch 1st. Video but you explain very well this video thank you I really appreciate. Again your awesome 👌 👏 👍 😊😉❤️
I think mealworms are really cute so I'm starting a farm lol
Absolutely brilliant, thank you!
Wow great technique and idea 👍
Thank you. Your presentations are excellent.
I appreciate that! Thank you!
Very nice! Great video! I cannot do that much work so I just keep all of mine together and scoop out some as need to feed to my chickens. I am able to keep them all together because I use natural substrate material like logs, dirt, leaves. They can hide from each other and dont get eaten. This is especially useful when farming super worms since I dont have to risk losing them in forced isolation. They decide when they are ready to pupate and burrow into the logs to transform. I got my starter worms at Petsmart, just a few dozen to start with. I just posted an annual update video if you'd like to check it out 😃💖🐓🐣
Thanks for posting these videos they were great
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I appreciate it! Thank you for watching!
Please let me know how many millimeters the groove should be to separate the pupa
Isolation of larvae for sale
Isolation of tiny larvae
How many millimeters are they?
Thank You
My mealworm journey ended badly, so I'm just gonna watch yours.😄😄
Oh no!!! There can be it's challenges, luckily I haven't faced many! Thanks for watching! 💕
how long does it take for the eggs to hatch from the beatles
Cool
Thanks for the quick reply to my previous question.
how do you separate out the beetles from the drawers?
You take an empty egg carton and put it in there until a bunch crawl on, then you shake them off into the container you want them in.
Great videos! You explain things so well! Thank you! We are considering growing our own mealworms to feed the local bluebirds. It is getting expensive to buy the live ones during the birds' breeding season.
Great job on the video. Very informative. And you have an awesome smile. I have a question. Will the Beatles be able to crawl up the plastic container to get out or are they unable to grip on the slippery side. Thanks again Dave happy Easter/pass over.
Hi I am new farmer too. I hatched peafowl chick's. Mealworm require peafowl chick's. Just tell me I have around 500 Mealworm so ho many days it takes to make double? Hope will give answer soon.
Have you tried raising them outside in a high yunnel or vented greenhouse?
I'm curious if we can make some "wall" that beetles can crawl on and the larvas can not? Then there will be no need to separate pupas from larvas
Not from what I've found, you may look into the 3 drawer screen system that a few other people have made videos on. I think that may sift the meal worms down but I can't recall.
Does larvae need to separate in cups each and every one in order to pupate? Or pupae develops in the crate of mealworm?
Im a new mealworm farmer. Question. How come they seem like they are dead? Because they are not moving like the other worms?
Hi good lady i just had started i had bought 600 larvae and few are getting pupa unfortunately these pupas are getting black and dying i had kept moust tissue paper in a small container the tissue paper is under neath the pupa and blanketing over pupa the over head tissue paper i keep moist by spray uhat should i do to protect my pupas should i keep the in barn
What size is the Screen for your farm inside your first contain
What size is the sifters
like Ernie, I'm not having the best of luck with these guys. Haven't figured out what I'm doing wrong! Anyway, in this video, you commented that the pupae needs humidity. How do I do that and how much?
70-80% is ideal but 55-60% is still fine. When I had my farm inside, I kept a humidifier in the room and had a hygrometer to see the humidity. Are you having a hard time keeping them alive? Or are they not progressing through the stages?
at the worm stage, they turn black and die. I've purchased 3,000 mealworms and now have 17 pupa. Everything else have died. Trying to do everything that I've read and viewed with little luck. Thank you.
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what is the purpose of the little square you said you cut out of the plastic?
It was so once they turned to beetles and they crawled off the top, they still had room and access in the entire drawer rather than just the surroundings of the box. Thank you for watching!
What a quick response! Thank you, I kind of thought that but....all new to me
My mealworms are doing OK
But the beetles are dying.
What could be the reason.
Temperature?
Starting a half acre laying henhouse.....Mealworms supplement and frass production. QUESTION: Will a 1/30 screen catch beetle eggs?.....and ty :}
How great! I don't know how small a 1/30 screen is but your beetle eggs are about the size of a "." Super tiny! Your meal worm babies will need some food when they hatch so that's why when I do sort my beetles (I never did get a video of this last year) I take my beetles out of one bin leaving all of the substrate, and put them into a new drawer with fresh substrate. Also because the eggs will stick to the bottom of the drawer so you don't lose those when you sift!
@@rcklivestockhomestead2633 Interesting....I am trying to find a method allowing eggs to be caught and separate frass.
There isn't a way specifically that I have found. There are a few other videos I have seen called "the three drawer method". That may interest you. However I haven't seen nearly as much frass in the beetle bins as there is in the worm bins. Good luck!
How many times to feed mealworms
Hello! It just depends on how many you have! I usually feed the moisture source to mine about once a week or when they've eaten the vegetable completely. As far as wheat bran goes, I start with 1-2 inches of it and sift the mealworms about once a month or so.
Does it help to use a spray bottle to keep the pupa hydrated or do they even need that
A couple of mine have entered that state and I'm a second time mealworm owner
We don't speak about the first ._.
I would go for a humidifier in the room or a wet paper towel beside them. The reason being is that I would be worried about when they dry they might stick to the surface they are on. But you could always try it with a few and see how it works!
@@rcklivestockhomestead2633 ended up going with the paper towel
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What is role of sunlight for mealworm growth ?
I'm not sure if there's any benefit. There are alot of people that have their meal worms in black bins and/or a room with no light. I have also found them in nature under rocks and other things which leads me to believe they like the dark.
Is it posible yo feed oranges to the larvae????? Or to the beatles?????? Fruits in general????? THANK YOU
People have found fruits to be too sticky so I wouldn't recommend it, but maybe try small pieces and go from there!
@@rcklivestockhomestead2633 TANK U, this is such a Great thing to do, a Great source of Excelent protein & Omega 3 for ourselves , good to hear from You, keep on TRUCKING
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I have had my beetles and worms for nearly a month now. I have yet to see any new worms. Am I being impatient? Why am I not finding any even after sifting.
If you sift your beetles and see what looks like dust stuck to the bottom of the bin, those are all eggs. I don't remember what the time is it takes for them to hatch and develop but it is awhile. Eventually you will see the substrate moving if you push it up- looking like it's sliding, those are all the babies moving the substrate!
Where are you from
You can get a beetle sorter from scmw put the worms and or the Pupea in top area. Feed needs to be shifted before adding to top area. Then the worms or beetles will crawl out into bottom area. Makes it so easy.
Where do I get this from?
how often do you sift your drawers with the mealworms in it.?
Once the bran is nearly finished or about a month.
I am finding my pupae are dying. Can you tell me why?
I've found the biggest cause of pupae dying is too low of humidity. You can try to put them on or near a wet paper towel and that may help
Thank you! I'm on it!
Absolutely! Just make sure it stays wet or they may stick to it.
I just sifted and sorted today as well...
@@rcklivestockhomestead2633 I am currently running some tests on this very thing. One tray of pupae are maintained at the room's humidity and the other is in a closed but vented container with a small dish of water. The first tray is averaging 55% humidity with a hatch rate of 43% and the second tray is averaging 88% humidity and a hatch rate of 5% to date. I have only been running this for 5 days so it is not yet conclusive. After about another 3 weeks I should be able to determine actual rates when all the pupae have either hatched or have died. There are some holes in my experiment. 1. The humidity is difficult to control in the second bin. 2. My stupid cat knocked into the second bin and soaked the paper towels the pupae were laying on so they were in damp bedding and 3. Each bin was from a separate colony of mealworms. I plan on rerunning this with pupae from the same colony. The hatch rate may be genetically linked. Anyway, food for thought.
Super dumb question - but do you have to worry about the beetles getting out, or do they just stay in the drawer and continue to reproduce? Trying to determine if keeping the farm inside the house is a good idea.
Not dumb! They have wings but their shell isn't split so they can't open their shell to fly. So no, you dont have to worry about them getting out unless you give them a way to crawl out. I have kept them in the shallow 10 drawer systems from Michael's and never had a problem. I also kept them in a spare bedroom when I was new and excited with them.
@@rcklivestockhomestead2633 Thanks for the quick reply! That makes sense! Another few questions for you, how long do the mealworms typically tend to live? Are you having to process them in any other way such as drying them to store, or are you just continually feeding the chickens the live worms? I’m used to the packed dry worms, sooo…
You will only have them as mealworms for a few months, then they will turn to pupae. Alot if people freeze them to kill them and then bake them on very low heat to dehydrate them. If I remember right, the overall lifespan of a darling beetle from egg- beetle is around 8-9 months