MealWorm Farm Untouched For 1 Year

[@cryptid-king]

This is how I keep mine and they pupate and breed prolifically :) I love just being able to toss some food in every now and then and take out a few worms when I need them

[@wybuchowyukomendant]

Don't ever throw away this mealworm shit, my tomatoes fucking exploded on it.

[@HumilityListens]

🤣🤣🤣

[@S.Trades]

It's supposed to be very good fertiliser.

[@afalz06]

gonna use it to grow some potatoes and carrots this summer

[@afalz06]

infinite food glitch

[@TheBritishbeeman]

Fml that was a shock iv been watching you on the van life. Now looken for some vids on live food for me chickens and boom your there lol 👌🏽

[@Sim_JFD]

One time I left mealworm colony on a shelf by accident. Came back 8 months later to more or less a thriving setup full of mealworms of all ages, albeit much like in your case, there was a lot of dead beetle exoskeletons strewn about.

[@chrisrynn1]

Polystyrene is what they eat, not hard plastic. But it's the only way to recycle polystyrene, so that's miraculous. Thanks for the video. I'm setting one up next week. This will save me a lot of work with sieves and sifting.

[@hawks9142]

Just a piece of advice. Mealworms can only eat expanded polystyrene plastic, Or Styrofoam. I think that plastic is only brittle cause it's old

[@jereksliwinski2789]

Thanks boss! New subscriber and love your videos and your diy skills. Good work my friend! 👍

[@garyttomo1641]

Brilliant way to sort them out when you need em, throw a banana skin in 5 mins later grab what you need to feed Robbie Robin and Lizzie the brded dragon, cheers subbed and gonna look through your last vids

[@cap_c9426]

That’s really cool! You’ve inspired me to get breeding with my insects!

[@ch11ew12y]

What temperature do you have to maintain for the worms? Just room temp 68 to 70 degrees F, or much warmer like 80 degrees F. Thank you.

[@ScottsInverts]

Love the sticker!!!!!!

[@SHearts12]

"where's Hugo?...look there he is. he's decided to wake up this morning ya lazy get out, yeah ohh he's shedding, bless him" damn near spat out my drink. also perfect timing for this video cause i just got meal worms to feed my mourning geckos and i already have other animals to take care of so being lazy with these worms would be great!

[@sherimoen617]

What is that black spot on the top of the bin. It looks like a beetle

[@S.Trades]

Interesting! Enjoyed that! I'm just getting into breeding them.

[@Dyharrhea]

Can they actually pull some form of nutrients from plastic? Might have to try it

[@jenniferduff1433]

Does the room have to be real warm for raising mealworms? Or can it be around 73 degrees

[@cruxj666]

Cool temperatures will keep them in their larva stage. Heat produces adults that mate. At room temperature, they do both.

[@stephenpaul1371]

It's big money in mealworms especially for restaurants millions of people world wide are enjoying eating them and they very nutritionist and healthy for you..in fact one mealworm farm made over a million dollar that year .

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

Wow that's great Info

[@wtevrpunk]

Does anyone know where I can safety release mealworms? My brother just put all his feeding ones in the trash... I feel bad them going in the garbage sill I know...

[@HumilityListens]

Lol the woods

[@halo1jak]

Somebody with chickens! Your friends will love you.

[@S.Trades]

If you sprinkled them in the garden, I'm pretty sure the birds will gobble them! Or just sell them as a breeding m/w farm.

[@kevinfarrugia9525]

My baby mealworms are climbing the plastic box what I am going to do

[@sham9555]

Love your videos mate❤️

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

Thanks a million

[@curtgrimes4507]

Thank you for this video. My mealworm colonies get the same treatment, as far as low maintenance.✌️

[@HumilityListens]

You dont have to clean out the frass? I just got a 3 drawer breeder i made w beetls top mealworms middle with some top soil a little bit not much and i put pupae in bottom

[@noeffort5383]

How do you manage to deal with the smell, I might just have a sensitive nose 😅

[@cheryldahl9192]

Me too! Their frass has a special kind of terrible odor. Seems like others don't notice. It's so horrible though!

[@S.Trades]

​maybe look at their diet? Shouldn't be a problem.

[@rdnkenki]

I kinda do this but I change out most of the oats every month and add more and I also remove beetles to separate bin after I start seeing tiny worms

[@Taurusthebull8]

l have to disagree with you, not cleaning them isn't good breathing that stuff in, dead insects often grows bacteria and molds and that dust can cause health issues later down the road.

[@Jordan-sd7rh]

Yk you can keep them outside right 😂

[@gamervet7793]

can you feed newly larvae to beetle from meal worms to geckos??my gecko got one that seemed to be just fresh from the larvae still white not hardened or anyting

[@rayven085]

I keep my superworms with my compost bin and they are loving life

[@dennaking3611]

I like your compost idea that’s kind of the same thing I’m doing I’m just putting a bunch of different stuff inside the band and they’re thriving there’s a lot of bugs in there for sure I just grab them out when I need him to feed my turtle

[@hannabengtsson1689]

Thats exactly what i was looking to know more about actually - how would it work if one fed all kitchen scraps to mealworms? Wouldn't it be a neat way of reducing waste?

[@SC-rw3th]

I had a box of mealworms once, and put them next to a packet of bombay mix snacks.. It's put me off of both of them for life, I think! 😂 😭

[@themartian528]

One of my Dubai Roaches made babies thanks to your tactics.

[@MOONOVERMIAMI]

hello great video Richard

[@jakethetegu8822]

I’m back I’m very sorry that I have been gone for so long I have had a lot going on but I’m happy to be back 😊

[@moniquelewis3186]

Can you mix meal and super worm in one household?

[@ABeautifulMine]

I don't think you can. Superworms only pupate alone in the dark. I think they would just all die and be eaten by the mealworms

[@gapho5198]

Looks like a post apocalypse scene...

[@juniorbruno5070]

The pealed banana works as a water source?

[@cheryldahl9192]

I don't know why people don't say how bad their frass smells. I don't know if I can raise them. Their poop has a terrible odor. Am I the only one who can smell it? I've been cleaning it out every day or every other day... I do have allergies and asthma, but their poop stinks so bad!

[@wandalunski6374]

I love you so much right now!!!

[@gzusrlz10]

Ants Canada did a naturalistic dubia roach setup. I haven’t seen a follow up video, though. I’d love to know if that increases/decreases production.

[@koofdome]

I can smell this video oh god. But so awesome!!!!

[@keotik]

Hows if the mealworms mix with the dubia roaches colony? Is it ok?

[@dennaking3611]

I put mine in potting soil organic potting soil and they love it there’s no poop there’s no dust there’s no nothing

[@ravenbricks6473]

Could you do an update on your wax worm colony?

[@davidrogers4653]

Hi Richard, great video! Any tips on grain mite? I now have six lots of meal worms at different stages and all my beetles for breeding the seventh lot but three lots (2,5 and 6 ) have grain mite. I always feed them last and keep them separate as not to infect my other meal worms. I don't know what to do :(

[@sunfiregeckos9041]

No expert but you need to lower the moisture put vaseline around the top of the container when you lower the humidity it has to be under 55percent lower if you can they eventually try to get out and stick to the vaseline grain mites need humidity above 60 keep it like this for a few weeks someone correct me if you know a better way

[@harryandthepets4688]

@NORTHERN EXOTICS I am thinking of getting a millipede and I have learnt that they need moisture but the enclosure I have is a fanaurium and I have learnt that it isn’t great at holding moisture. How could I modify it so that it is suitable for moisture and housing an insect that needs moisture.

[@chris.9570]

What’s your biggest enclosure.?

[@michelehallwood9257]

Great video xx

[@trey5117]

I’ve been meaning to ask you. I have a log with bedding in it on the cool side of my leopard gecko’s tank. Would that be considered a moist hide because he came out of it, rubbed against the rock on the hot side and had a successful shed

[@katelynhenson8719]

One thing I've learned is that if you have a moist hide on the cool side of the tank, it can cause respiratory issues. The moist hide should be in the middle I believe!🥰

[@dianafletcher793]

I’m giving the meal worm colony just to give a try as only one animal that eats them How’s you doing Richard

[@rickmelto6750]

I kept a bunch of dead meal worms to see what would they do .and I got a bunch of many Meal worms .they had eggs laid on there dead body's

[@dylanthomas7935]

U should get stickers with all of your pets names on it

[@moydamer]

I only need feeders for 4 tarantulas, so I don't need tons of mealworms. If this method produces fewer worms, that's actually better for me.

[@S.Trades]

Why not sell the spare beetles/worms?

[@btardedtruthlytrollhumanbot3.0]

Ooooooow. Dare u to fill a tub and make a vid of u pouring jugs of them over your head and rinsing ur hair 👌😜🤣☮️

[@hdrgaming613]

Awesome

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

Cheers

[@monsterkajiu1912]

Hi Richard!!

[@NORTHERNEXOTICS]

Hey bud . Hope your well

[@monsterkajiu1912]

When will mushu's enclosure build be out?!

[@monsterkajiu1912]

I'm good, sorry I didn't respond.

[@virgodiy7823]

I can c that Banana is so fresh that's mean it's totally lie.

[@daydubia518]

Let make some new videos please dubia

[@chrisz.9974]

Can bearded dragons eat the dead Beatles?

[@ricodahchico245]

You can get 20 for $5 at pet smart

[@Angel__537]

add some more oats bro

[@TT3TT3]

Don't be cruel to them.

[@robertdavies3842]

Likes people where are the likes

[@solventtrapdotcom6676]

air cooled 4 lyfe

[@canisfamiliaris351]

Looks terribly stinky though (;

[@ThePOTUSofMatthewEmbryBradshaw]

Doo-bye roaches

[@curiouscat3384]

I like your content but may I suggest you give a little distance from the camera. Your constant lunging into the camera and waving hands around around your face and moving camera closeups are unsettling and distracting. I know you've been taught by KZbin to be dramatic to attract attention but probably countless people who are a little ADHD like me feel this way. I'm here to learn, not be entertained. Thank you!

[@DANILUARDI-lc8sp]

Dirty man...