Like all insects it's all down to temperature. The warmer they are, the faster they grow. At room temperature though I would give them several weeks after hatching (depending on the size of your pet, of course).
Hi there, thanks for the Video. I bought myself a venus fly trap and was wondering what to feed them, saw a Video and people mentioned "Waxworms" so i bought myself some of those on Amazon . Obviously my little fly trap won't eat all those worms. I don't want to become a Waxworm breeder , but your advice was helpful. Greeting from Northern Ireland
Not sure what kind of gentle waxworms you have there. I had a batch and was obligated to keep them in a glass tank with a metal screen top. They *chewed through* the sides of plastic tubs and plastic screen. They chewed through the lid of the cup I got them in overnight. That being said, I never had happier giant danio, anoles or house geckos than when I'd let them have a fat well-fed worm. One particularly cool thing I noticed was that they made their own heat as they nested in the bedding (I made artificial honeycomb with honey, bran and melted beeswax on crumpled wax paper). They were particularly difficult to separate out when they pupaed (you really left off how cobby and sticky their cocoons are and that they will somehow figure out how to put themselves right under the lid without exception, which is not a nice surprise)
@@themantisgarden I hope my 4 waxworms successfully turn into moths. 2 have pupated, one small one turned grey insted of brown so not sure it's alive & 4th one disappeared.
FYI I've put the adult moths in the tank w my lizard, who loves to chase and eat them. He seems uninterested in the larval wax worms now, which he really used to love. He seems to prefer meal worms or crickets ATM.
nice and informative video upon rearing of wax moth.I need to know one thing that when larvae pupate, where pupae should be transferred or either they should be kept in the same box in order to get adult emergence. Moreover, after adult emergence, should the moths be kept in the same box and diet or they need to be transferred to other box and upon different diet. Thankyou!
@@themantisgarden the reason I place them in the fridge door because after they hatched I got so many and I just want to keep them live for long time so I can feed my birds, the worms I buy from the dealer is no broblem in the fridge door, they can last for 2 months
Hi buddy, at what point would you begin to change or replenish the honey/oats mix? I s it just a case of topping it up, or would it need periodic replacing?
I'm a little confused by the question, but if you mean can you continue at 30C then yes, it's best to keep the temperature quite high. Don't forget to remove any dead moths are they stink to high heaven.
I have about 15 pupae from my last box and was thinking of trying this. Do I follow the same method and place the pupae on the food mix? Thanks @@themantisgarden
If it just pupea you don't really need to bother with food. Just give them somewhere to lay their eggs once they're moths. Sorry about the delay, 100 things going on at once here lol
Didn't know about the bee, honey connection with wax worms! No wonder my crested geckos love them! Had one given to me a complete mess. Tiny guy was so severely emaciated. Several wax worms and premium powdered diet, tiny fragile thing is healthy looking now! 😊
Oh, yes. Once you've fed them your lizard will love them. My mantids go crazy for them after they've been stuffed with honey. If you have mantis though don't give them very often as they contain a lot of fat that can be bad for them, not sure how it affects lizards.
This was the video i needed right now . I did make an attempt art a wax worm culture last year with no success don't think i kept them warm enough . Currently i have half a tub in the fridge slowly dieing but now i know what to do with them , so thank you .
