Anxious to see the results, I also had this doubt in my breeding but I didn't test it... So intuitively I'm discarding those that pass the sieve. Like a genetic selection...
I grow mine out. I think they get driven away from food and water by worms that are bigger then them. Once they are in with their own size they progress really quickly.
Actually this could be an amazing science project. See if you can isolate the smallest ones and breed small mealworms; microworms. I’m sure there could be dozen of purposes you can use them for; maybe a last stage frass/food filter - they can eat the remaining food particles in your frass bins. See how small you can breed them, but over time select the fastest maturing ones and you can patent them as your own person species. Breed for good mutations imagine having mealworms that never pupate but still lay eggs. I bet small mealworms that can multiply would be game changing in the composting space Also I bet there are people who want to keep mealworms as pets, but their large size throw them of
Also I have to mention dwarfism is not isolated to one gene. If you have one batch of dwarfs mealworms, keep breeding them you can get dwarfs among dwarfs.
Excellent experiment
Anxious to see the results, I also had this doubt in my breeding but I didn't test it... So intuitively I'm discarding those that pass the sieve. Like a genetic selection...
Yup, I may end up doing that as well if they take a long time to grow.
I grow mine out. I think they get driven away from food and water by worms that are bigger then them. Once they are in with their own size they progress really quickly.
@@charlielinsdell6674interesting idea, that could be it.
Actually this could be an amazing science project. See if you can isolate the smallest ones and breed small mealworms; microworms. I’m sure there could be dozen of purposes you can use them for; maybe a last stage frass/food filter - they can eat the remaining food particles in your frass bins.
See how small you can breed them, but over time select the fastest maturing ones and you can patent them as your own person species.
Breed for good mutations imagine having mealworms that never pupate but still lay eggs. I bet small mealworms that can multiply would be game changing in the composting space
Also I bet there are people who want to keep mealworms as pets, but their large size throw them of
@@vietlee4290 It'll be interesting to see how it pans out. If they stay small and pupate, that would be wild!
Also I have to mention dwarfism is not isolated to one gene. If you have one batch of dwarfs mealworms, keep breeding them you can get dwarfs among dwarfs.
yes they will grow. mine do
@@daydubia518 how much longer does it take for them to get to 3/4"?