How long before mealworms turn into beetles?

(09-05-2012, 08:05 AM)Ram Wrote: Do you mean you feed the mealworm beetles to your pet lizards too?
Do they fly?
How long do they live?

Since you have the cycle going on in your mealworm colony, could you please from now on pay a little more attention on the newly hatched worms to see how long before they become beetles?

Is your colony sustainable with that many mouths (of leopard gecko and others) to feed?

Got a photo of the colony to share?

actually, im not quite sure how long the beetles live for or about how long it takes for them to turn into one, but out of curiosity i might set aside two paired beetles and investigate while taking notes! like an experiment!

some lizards will eat them, some wont, it all depends on the lizard. i dont purposely feed them, but some people do. and ive never had one fly, they look like they have wings, but they cant use them. my colony is pretty intense, i havent touched it though to feed my animals yet, ive been using my reserves while letting the colony stabilize.

and i seriously blame you, because i just sat on my floor with my bin and just took like 5 bajillion photos...mealworms are soo interesting :3 lol

my colony:


a tan beetle:


a beetle that is either still molting, or is injured:



a dark beetle:


as you can see, about half my worms are pupating:


here is a worm that has pupated and is trying to get the last of its shed off by wiggling lol: