Super Mealworms from Petco

[ThistleWind]

Are these safe to feed your T's? I fed one to my rosea and she got it before it even hit the ground. Then it started fighting it.. and it was pulling on her webbing and everything. Definitely more of a challenge than a cricket, but food nonetheless. Anybody else here feed "Super Mealworms" to their T's?

[J.huff23]

Perfectly fine. a very common feeder.

[desertdweller]

Thanks for the post, I've been wondering myself.

[Dreadz]

Yeah it is perfectly fine to feed ur t superworms. If u think that it is gonna harm ur t just throw 1 or 2 superworms in the fridge freezer for a little to slow it down or just kill it then feed ur t. I feed my small slings freshly killed mealworms and crickets all the time.

[Zoltan]

I never heard to term "super mealworm" before. A bit sounds like a made up name by the petstore.
Mealworms are the larval form of Tenebrio molitor, whereas superworms are the larval form of Zophobas morio.
Both are good and common feeders, I use both of them myself.

[Kamikaze]

I use a chopped up superworm (what we call big mealworms here) to feed my B. vagans sling. So far so good. She's now on her 3rd molt (Hoping its a she)

[ThomasH]

I feed them all the time. If you don't bash their heads in they get under the substrate far sooner than the T will eat them.
TBH

[Tarantula_man94]

Never heard of "super mealworms". but normal mealworms and waxworms are common feeders.

[Remigius]

superworms are like mealworms. Just bigger, and tougher to breed. Also proper keeping is a bit difficult. They need some pieces of wood, they can eat, and such.

[ThistleWind]

I feed them all the time. If you don't bash their heads in they get under the substrate far sooner than the T will eat them.
TBH

Yeah.. I dropped one in my A. seemanni tank and it burrowed immediately, but I think it came up right underneath the T in its burrow because I saw it jump up all of a sudden.

Thanks for the good replies you guys.

[Kid Dragon]

Zophobas morio larva are called "superworms". Unlike mealworms, you don't keep them in the refrigerator. If you crush their heads with tweezers they won't burrow and your T might eat them. I have heard they shouldn't be used as a main diet for Ts due to their harder that most feeders' exoskeleton, but I'm not sure how true that is. To be on the safe side, use them as a suppliment to crickets or roaches.

Superworm link:
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaver...isingfood.html

[dannax]

I'm pretty fed up with crickets and would like to get some of these...

[Kid Dragon]

Mealworms are pretty good, but I wouldn't call them "super".

[Kid Dragon]

I'm pretty fed up with crickets and would like to get some of these...

Your not suppose to eat the crickets, your suppose to feed them to your tarantula. I hope this helps.

[phrank]

I would just like to share that I've been breeding my own mealworms and super mealworms for a couple of years now, and Ive raised 19 T's from sling to adults with no problems at all. My reptiles cant get enuff of them. They have more protein. very healthy feeders. regular mealworm are very easy to breed. buy a cup of them at the pet store. put the in a plastic storage type container full of oatmeal and before long youll have beetles and not long after that you have baby worms. And it just keeps going and going. free food for life. now im doing the same with crickets. beats paying 10 cents a piece and its fun to grow your own critter food. give them variety.