I Saved "Worms'' From a Pet Store...They Transformed

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[@HomemadeEcosystems]

This video didn't go as planned... sorry you had to see this. In case there are some crazy people that want to support me making more crappy content: patreon.com/Homemade_ecoystems

[@lord_poof_gaming6795]

You are literally my favorite KZbinr I love your videos

[@victoriawilliams2786]

I really enjoy your videos and love that I get to learn too. Thank-you for sharing!

[@Hunting59-m2d]

You don't make crappy content your videos are 4k quality unlike mine

[@adamelias6169]

What country Are you from?

[@AidenHaigh-nf7zi]

@@victoriawilliams2786 These videos have a unique sense of humor to them that no other channels do!

[@epicfail3167]

I will never not love your monotone voice of inner pain

[@Dependencycourtsellschildren]

Like Werner hertzog.

[@kitsunefox2023]

"Ew, this on peed on me."

[@WastedTalent-]

I used to breed superworms for my lizards. They don't usually metamorphosize in groups because the other larvae will eat the pupae. I had to put them in their own individual 2oz cups (little plastic condiment cups) and they started transforming into pupae within a week. Try putting individual worms into smaller containers with no food or water source, no substrate, and keep it dark (mine were in shoe boxes). Soon enough, you'll have Darkling Beetles.

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Yeah there are 3 isolated but maybe it was because there was still some substrate in there

[@Hyouka-Hates-Handles]

Weird... I once did a similar thing like he did in the video with the superworms but I put in like 20~ of them even though they where kind of clumped up most of them still metamorphosized.

[@ShoutOfCoffee]

Nice bro. Thanks for info.

[@freelunatwo]

I had a similar experience. My isolated worm settled down to metamorphosis pretty quickly. I have also heard that the worms don’t metamorphose in groups due to cannibalism.

[@jmgalaxytab2325]

Seems like you are triggering them into metamorphosis, forcing them into chrysalids. Absence of resources to accelerate a process, makes sense... because the adult bugs do have wings and will use them to find food further away! So there you will need a lid because those bugs will probably fly! (Which under normal conditions, they don't. Only an occasional wanderer... Indeed thnx for that info. Nice to know it can be accelerated.

[@rococogoth]

"Why am I always patting the substrate?" Because it is a good substrate.

[@tsm688]

*pats substrate* "that's not going anywhere"

[@jasonwalter4321]

R.I.P. New new bob, he was a hero and a savior for many, he will never be forgotten

[@FussyPickles]

After Harambe, it's all downhill

[@ShoutOfCoffee]

Hear hear!!!

[@ElementoPlayz1]

Noooooo!

[@Loggers124]

rip new new bob :(

[@Stanimal_]

watch out with those mites. they can crawl out the terrarium and infect all the other animals. you can get hibernastic miles or predatory mites because they eat the bad mites.

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Yeah I know, I threw everything those crickets touched away.

[@Stanimal_]

@@HomemadeEcosystems That's good. Watch out for eggs. If you threw everyting away then you're fine.

[@aliceong724]

He is a biologist, Im sure he knows :) 5 years of biology paid off, maybe

[@vlc-cosplayer]

It's funny how animals can be split in just two categories: - pests - animals that deal with pests by eating them 💀

[@TheDoctorOfPainAndWeebz]

@@vlc-cosplayer Which ones are humans?

[@Dexcalibur420]

The addition of the dramatic hand cam really made me feel like I was a superworm about to be picked up by a mysterious cucumber god. Great artistic expression. Keep it up.

[@CanalTremocos]

When I was around 8yo I got a pet cricket I loved very much. I fed it every day. One day I discovered a white cricket slid into my cricket's cage and killed it. Only a dried-out exoskeleton remained of my beloved cricket. Of course, I threw the murderer away and mourned the senseless murder. Many years later I found out about moulting. Crickets never get a break. Anyway, those poor creatures' horrible deaths in this video reminded me of poor whitey; and why I try never to pass judgment on issues I'm ignorant about.

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Same thing with hamsters.. a lot of them have been buried alive by people that don't know they hibernate...

[@jmgalaxytab2325]

Ouch!

[@Mhornfeck72205]

I tried doing this previously with superworms for my bearded dragon, and I had the best results by feeding them until they started to get noticeably darker at the tail/head like at the end of your video where it bit you. this usually happens with the fattest super worms which will be most likely to survive the isolation period. It works best to put them into compartmental organizer boxes for stuff like fishing lures/screws/etc, which really restricts their movement space. Once you put them in there, don't give them any food, this will stress them out(or maybe they're just SO bored) which will cause them to go into the curled up position in just a few days, and they will transform much faster. Keep them in there until they transform completely into a beetle and then move them into another enclosure that has a mesh screen floor that sits on top of another box/tray beneath it. I used egg cartons for them to hide/climb on, and threw in random vegetables for food. You might have to adjust their temperature to get them to start laying eggs, but once they start laying eggs, the eggs are small enough that they will fall through the mesh into the box underneath which prevents the beetles from eating the eggs and any newly hatched worms. The eggs are practically invisible and the newly hatched superworms are also barely visible too, so the mesh screen will really help you separate them and allow them to grow without being eaten. If you bother the beetles too much, they put off a smell that I can only describe as similar to burning plastic and garbage. Just thought I'd include that fun fact 😂 For the substrate in the egg receiving box/tray, I had good luck using plain oatmeal or crushed up wheat-thins, and then I'd throw in a couple full sized carrots split in half down their length with the core of the carrot facing downwards into the oatmeal to keep it from drying out too quickly. If the ambient humidity is very low and causing the eggs/worms to die before growing, you can also mix in a small amount of saturated water-crystals that will help raise the humidity and they can also drink from. Hope this helps.

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

thanks this definitely helps a lot!!

[@jacksonwyatttrammell7524]

Bro gave us three paragraphs bro and probably 10473927710 words and 104857829492874204927491749194729 letters bro

[@robotortoise]

I had a pet mealworm as a kid. He lived for a year after turning into a darkling beetle! I kept him in a container of oats.

[@akdieblaueyin-phonix2119]

Oh, superworm is so excited to be on your wonderful gentle(man) hand, that he couldn't control himself.

[@AndreuszVII]

Ayo

[@lawrencema1985]

We call it the "wee of excitement" with our puppy

[@tigerbgood8564]

The growing plant was the real Bob of the video.

[@ShepherdTorrent]

Soldier Ant theme took me out 😂. Absolutely love watching these.

[@draheim90]

The somewhat depressing part is some sources online claim the beetles the superworms transform into it can live for up to 15 years. And, yeah, they need to be isolated or else they generally won’t begin the transformation process.

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

I didn't know that they could live for 15 years! if they end up still transforming I'm building them a real big terrarium

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

@josefnortje2929 mealworms are a different species. But they look very similar so probably have a similar life cycle

[@EcoReibun]

I think of that music every time i see a solder ant now. How dare you grace us with rememberable content.

[@J_LorraineK]

I tried to have a pet snake once. I ended up with a lot of adult mice, and a hungry snake. Cuz, mice are cute, it turns out, and I'm a bleeding heart sissy. Who knew?

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Yeah I wouldn't be able to do that either. I already feel sorry for crickets 😂

[@justkittensbeingkittens5892]

That is the one reason I will never have a pet snake

[@Jasper-123n3nCn]

Ok I AM NEVER FEEDING MY ANIMALS LIKE MY future like maybe in a couple months BULLFROG MICE THEYRE TOO CUTE JUST CRICKETS AND MEALWORMS aka the things in the vid bc I’m not feeding it a bird

[@jacksonwyatttrammell7524]

Snakes are the best WOOO

[@James.99]

To be fair, humans aren't any better. The feeder mice given to snakes are treated a lot better than the factory-raised chickens and cows who feed humans

[@drachenboss4844]

Learning so much because of these videos like: random bumbs on bugs are not a good sign or that plants grow

[@MichaelPiz]

Right? That "plants grow" thing blew my mind! Who knew?

[@babbybailey2534]

Your dry humour is great.

[@lemonlimekitty]

i've been really stressed out finishing school finals lately, thank you for your silly and relaxing content c:

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Good luck with finals!

[@MichaelPiz]

The pinkies out at the beginning… Best. Video. Evar.

[@FussyPickles]

Pinkies out for New New Bob Ds out for Harambe

[@Joshf4phan]

Thank you for clarifying the distance on your hike, I was briefly confused.

[@bruhbruh9895]

Who's that -Pokemon- animal? iiiiiit's *BOB* no doubt.

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Yes it is!

[@animéかわいい]

​@@HomemadeEcosystems No it's bettle the -b̶o̶o̶b̶- bob

[@Crackracket]

Saw this post in relation to cricket mites and how to deal with them "Get some mite spray (in the bird section in pet stores), and lay down paper towels under where you have your cricket bin. Spray down the paper towels with the mite spray and then put the fully cleaned cricket bin on top. Mites are a royal pain - stay on top of cleaning your cricket cage and you should be just fine"

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

thanks for the tips!

[@hermanhale9258]

The mites on the face were beyond the bounds of good taste. Can't unsee them.

[@smolmephy]

Now i have a new fear that the crickets i buy for my gecko might have mites, gotta check every box now XD

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

yeah, you have to be careful with that

[@CWEMYT]

“The ones that keep you up in summer” so true 😂😂❤❤

[@Jesus_Broski]

You remind me a lot of my dad. He makes ecosystems on a slightly larger scale.

[@TayJohnson23]

This should have more views😭this man dead expression with everything he says just funny somehow

[@LexiLunarpaw]

I've actually seen this happen in person I actually thought they were genetically engineered to stay as worms before seeing that. It's interesting to see that happen

[@Veltrosstho]

I ran my own personal experiment with super worms, I kept them in an aquarium with only styrofoam as a food source, a large amount made it to adult hood but the conditions weren't good enough for them to reproduce, from what I understand they need to be isolated to layeggs.

[@cadencetheronin756]

I love how sarcastic you are

[@wegder]

Corn meal is about all you need to raise mealworms,, maybe a bit of lettuce of something for moisture.

[@jmgalaxytab2325]

Any kind of meal will do. I ran out of oatmeal so I started to give them coffee grounds! Any kind of organic (dry) waste, actually, will do the job.

[@LifeinJars]

0:59 heaven

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Indeed!

[@therickest7833]

You can get rid of mites by spraying the enclosure with very diluted formic acid. The mites cant handle the acid as well as the insects can and this is also how some ants get rid of mites.

[@YourLocalGoatMSM]

The one that peed on you mysteriously went missing...

[@Kit_Sun]

Thanks for the metric conversion. For a second I was soooo lost, I thought I'd have to start the video over. 🤨

[@Cow_Juice]

1:58 Well that's a first for you. Definitely need a refund for your "broken worms" 😆

[@kekvit_irae]

Soldier Ant returns! 10/10

[@thexanderthemander]

How many likes to eat a super worm? (Sorry)

[@The_idk16]

I liked this (also sorry)

[@thejudgmentalcat]

nooooo... 😳🤢 😂

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

at least it is better than one of those crickets...

[@thejudgmentalcat]

@@HomemadeEcosystems but not as cronchy 🤨

[@livloveschannel]

@@HomemadeEcosystemsare crickets crickets because they cricket or are worms super because of worms and crickets?

[@noobnoob8648]

You outdid yourself this time with the editing. Great job my man!

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

thanks!

[@Amber-287]

0:44 "WHOS THAT... animal." now that's some top tier voice acting. such emotion was put into the character.

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

I know right

[@melinda1935]

Theres the voice that i have missed❤😂

[@IKUBAU]

So anticlimactic. Lmfao. I love it

[@jacksonwyatttrammell7524]

You always sound so chill and that’s what makes me like your videos you sound like nothing wrong happens and I think your a great KZbinr because you care about bugs 🐛 🪳 🐞 and you care about crickets which is crazy but others don’t care so your the best

[@jacksonwyatttrammell7524]

Also at the end of the video you said “and I suck at making videos” but I don’t think you are trash at making videos I think you are really good at making videos I always enjoy them and your videos are always so great so don’t say bad things about that stuff I care about your videos they are the most amazing videos ever

[@sugarmuffin319]

2 videos deep and i am heavily invested in this guy's world.

[@TristanWintle]

If I had a nickel for every KZbinr I've seen who makes videos about homemade ecosystems while narrating everything that's happening in a monotone voice with an ambiguously European accent while making extensive use of dry humour, I would have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Life in jars? ?

[@TristanWintle]

@@HomemadeEcosystems Yes lol

[@Qermaq]

Homemade Ecosystems, modern-day Lincoln to the crickets and superworms.

[@TaraCann-pb9kt]

It's very strange how the " worms " didn't want to eat that cucumber; it's what they mainly eat.

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Yeah indeed, thought it was strange too!

[@nemamiah7832]

You've promised me Bob. You've delivered Bob, New Bob and New New Bob. 300% promises delivered. Nice.

[@IsaMariaUu]

Those mites look scary. Nice video!

[@Bowserme_64]

I don't think your worms were broken, i think they just unanimously hated cucumber

[@potatoefacedfox]

the worms aren't really eating the melon or foam, they are trying to hide, you can see they get underneath the cucumber. the wont sit still because they're trying to find cover

[@KainYusanagi]

>even Superworms refuse to eat cucumber Smart larvae.

[@TheEverythingTutorial]

MAJOR WORKER SOLDIER !!!!

[@blackknightgamer5636]

my mom used to have a mealworm farm and when they turned into beetles we put them on a platform above the mealworms and when they layed eggs the eggs would fall into the meal worms and hatch into mealworms

[@TheRaptorRex]

I love Bob.....

[@troglodytehunter]

Your deadpan delivery cracks me up 😂

[@Couchpuppet]

Looking at those crickets gives me chills 😭😭

[@Gorilla439]

1:12 the way you said “ewww this one peed on me” is so funny😂

[@tashastarling6573]

"Nurture and feed" Hah I have a plastic container from an rotisserie chicken, I put oatmeal in it with the meal worms and some potato slices. I had to go and left this box for 2 months and they STILL survived. Tons of molts. So many worm shells... I wonder if the material is useful. Anyway there were still some living, and surprise hundreds of tiny worms (they must require less water and it must be beneficial for them to not grow quickly, without water available.) So I'm starting fresh with colony and giving them potatoes again. I don't even have a lizard now. Lol I bought them to feed a toad I caught last summer, before I released it.

[@tashastarling6573]

It is nice you give them a habitat :) Bugs have lives too. I never bothered with crickets. I find they smell funny. I don't like holding them either. I had a leopard gecko as a teen so learned to keep my own worms.

[@jscottwowzersscotters]

10:52 "and instead of turning into a beautiful butterfly they turn into ugly ass bettles" 🤣

[@Charlie_da_Beast_yt]

I love how you changed from kilometers to miles for us Americans

[@pulpitoawadeuwuqsabeaowo4002]

1:50 The ones that appear on the video are called mealworms, super worms tend to eat slower

[@GarryDKing]

I let mealworms loose in my crested gecko cage once, the problem was they burrowed under the substrate and none of em got eaten, they all turned to beetles and never got eaten, I had to get rid of them, not even fish wanted to eat em....

[@JTPlaysPoorly]

The Super-worms should be put in separate containers because the larvae with eat the pupae. If the Grain Mites Spread to your house plants the best way to kill them is to spray watered down Dish soap or Bubble Solution on the plants, I don't know exactly why it kills them but it works.

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Thanks for the tips

[@lucaslogan1981]

“I think my worms are broken” got me

[@McKeelix]

We had mealworms turn into beetles in our bird food. The crows loved them.

[@tmntleo]

I know what happens with super worms because I used to be a carer to a woman who had the worst daughter ever. She had bearded dragons that she barely looked after and would demand live bugs to feed them, but then not close the enclosure up properly so I used to find worms and beetles all over the house whilst I was clearing up.

[@yokinghaddock673]

this was some okay content perfect for wasting my life and ruining my sleep schedule over just what i needed thanks

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

best description of my content so far: ''okay''

[@JJ_ginusFN]

Yeeeees I love this dude

[@nopadelik9286]

Did you get a new camera ? I liked the macro views, even though i'm probably dreaming of face eating mites tonight 😆

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Yes although it is not the first video I used it for 😁

[@nopadelik9286]

@@HomemadeEcosystems i just checked on your video list if i missed one of your last videos - i didn't. But maybe i wasn't as attentive as i was today, so i'm gonna rewatch them again 😌😇😅 cheers..

[@shifterscribbles]

If you'd done this with mealworms, you would have had better luck. Superworms won't pupate near other superworms... 😅

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Yeah the onces that I alone have turned into beetles by now 😁

[@broccoliboy9673]

My sister bought a mouse that’s used to feed snakes and it was a huge problem, kept running and biting and being a nuisance until my sister killed it by mistake with a bleach

[@Oilcancap]

As an American I can confirm I did not understand how far you walked until you said it in freedom speak. Jokes, I'm from the Netherlands and think Freedom is overrated

[@Ex1350]

new bob never to be seen again, honestly new bob might even start his own colony

[@annoyedkangaroo]

I used to watch you all the time and I never heard you talk this is kind of cool great video by the way

[@VolvoB8L]

Ants : were really smart Baby ants in Singapore : *doesn't even avoid getting stepped on*

[@saimwolfy93]

Its always getting better and better

[@MelodyStarz]

Dang new video, that’s what’s up

[@esccamiles]

Just binged watched your entire channel. Awesome, loved it and your dry humour. Very funny.

[@RampagingChipmunk]

In Soviet Russia, feeder insects eat YOU.

[@baileycaywood8719]

You gave them beetle heaven and as such, they felt no rush to grow up

[@Pengu274]

If the wood with the crickets was from outside thats probably where the mites came from. You could treat your wood with insecticide and leave it for a few days before adding it to any insects you want to stay parasite free! (Parasites gotta live too though, so you could just keep them as part of the ecosystem)

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

The crickets got the mites before I added anything (only food) so I don't know where they came from

[@Kruegernator123]

"Ow, that little F---er bit me. I'm done with this video." 🤣

[@Meme_machine-1]

say hi to new Bob for me 3:22

[@G00DBYEFOREVER]

Good to see u again❤

[@AlexPlaysStuff-games]

So sad he couldn't find that wood. At least one teleported in his house.

[@spookysugar]

Absolutely in love with those 💯 jokes said with the most deadpan voice. It layers with the sarcasm like 👩‍🍳👌✨

[@megazillasaurus]

i have pet mealworms but it took some time for them to become beetles

[@Aisha-721]

I fed the mealworms, superworms, and crickets to fire belly toads. One of my "worms" managed not to be eaten and became a black beetle 🐞

[@AND-od5jt]

2:30 That are the words of someone who was never eaten alive...

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

True

[@aliothsan]

If you bought the largest size of super worms at the store, it's possible they were treated with an anti-metamorphosis hormone to make them stay delicious big worms instead of crunchy beetles. Maybe try getting a smaller size of worms

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Didn't know that, I did indeed bought the largest size

[@pleasureincontempt3645]

In grade three (Canadurp here) we had to raise some, ‘meal worms’ into their final beetle phase in a former tub of margarine filled with oats. We saw how they pupate and develop. Later on, I was able to identify them in the cornfeed on grandpas farm for the chickens. I was pretty angry that those selfish fuckers were eating the chickens food. Grandpa was chill and explained that the meal worms were like the marshmallows in lucky charms for the chickens. I ate one and realized that he was a bold faced liar.

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

😂

[@pleasureincontempt3645]

This is truth. They (chickens) fought like Raptors for those worms. I didn’t eat my own worm in front of him. He was genuine and I miss him.

[@voyagerwitch]

i hope you know i always click to the next video in the end, even though it's always one i've already seen.

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

thank you!

[@private755]

This was unreasonably funny well done

[@Awesome_mangorino]

GET THIS VIDEO TO 100k LIKES WE NEED HIM TO PUT HIS HAND IN THE ANT COLONY PLACE THINGY

[@Sweetlyfe]

I just found your channel, and you’re hilarious, plus I love Ants, and lizards.

[@MathPig]

My daughter saved a box of super worms for being eaten. I put them in my 60 gallon insect terrarium. We now have 5 superworm bettles it took months but they are thriving now

[@BlahBlahBlahBlah69]

I never feed my superworms or mealworms they just manage to thrive well until my reptiles eat them.

[@teganlov4638]

I wonder what feeder crickets grow up to be when you raise them instead of using them as food.

[@HomemadeEcosystems]

Bigger crickets

[@jmgalaxytab2325]

😂