(08-09-2012, 09:30 PM)amanda509 Wrote: haha true! the normal diet for mealworms is oatmeal :p and i do get silkworms occasionally, but they can be hard to raise, so i normally dont get them often.
Yeah, I know usually people feed oatmeal to mealworms, but they are capable of chewing down all kinds of food, including any plant leaves you can find. So maybe you can also add some good veggie to their diet.
Silkworms are extremely easy to raise. As long as you have access to mulberry tree. They also reproduce easily and won't fly away when reach adulthood. Just get a dozen silkworm and a single mulberry tree, you will never run out of silkworms.  I don't know how long other worm species can last, but for silkworm they reach adulthood in just a month if you give them everything they need. You can slow it down by give them just enough to stay alive.
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