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I've been pretty successful getting my mealworms to pupate, breed, and having baby mealworms.
The problem that I'm having now is that my 2nd generation of mealworms (the offspring of the original ones that I purchased from PetCo) are not pupating, but they are growing and are getting larger than I typically see mealworms.
The mealworms that I bought from PetCo pupated at a smaller size than what these worms are now. I've got some in a container with oatmeal (chopped in a blender to make it fine), some in a container with just peat moss, and some more in a container with no substrate.
I've increased the temps and nothing happens except for more molting. :wall:
How big will they get before they finally pupate? Will they just die and never pupate? I'm doing the exact same thing I did with the first batch but I'm not getting the same results.
The problem that I'm having now is that my 2nd generation of mealworms (the offspring of the original ones that I purchased from PetCo) are not pupating, but they are growing and are getting larger than I typically see mealworms.
The mealworms that I bought from PetCo pupated at a smaller size than what these worms are now. I've got some in a container with oatmeal (chopped in a blender to make it fine), some in a container with just peat moss, and some more in a container with no substrate.
I've increased the temps and nothing happens except for more molting. :wall:
How big will they get before they finally pupate? Will they just die and never pupate? I'm doing the exact same thing I did with the first batch but I'm not getting the same results.