Sorting Pupae from Mealworms: The Easy Way

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[@skloobinooby606]

So random, I’m watching your videos to learn how to farm mealworms, and I totally went to high school with Scott Jost. Funny!!

[@spacecoastmealworms]

Scott here.. PM me!

[@wallykern4181]

This sorting tray looks like the best way to go. Great idea.

[@dablaugntximntxub2318]

wally kern, you can also use a regular plastic bowl and just drilled out holes in it .. use a drill bit that's almost the size of the pupa, so everything will go through, but the pupa, it's cheap and effective .

[@TJ-hr9op]

Thanks

[@thomasmangine7564]

Have you tried to hand sift the frass, and food? then place the larvae and pupa on a....maybe a supported level saucer...would the larvae crawl back into the food tray leaving the pupae? So they would sort themselves. Just asking.

[@UnisausS1]

You have any problems with grain mites ??

[@Phyriix]

I found Luther from Umbrella academy

[@masterroshi7033]

You can put them food and live worms will go to eat that food, pupas wont!

[@dennisking4589]

Exodus 6:3 kjv

[@WelcomeBackWoods]

Dennis King why?

[@dennisking4589]

@@WelcomeBackWoods I like to drop names on the internet...after all, He made your worms. Genesis 1:24 says that, have a good day.

[@WelcomeBackWoods]

Dennis King hmm... ok. Thanks for watching!

[@dontdeadopeninside2935]

@@dennisking4589 lets spot the fanatic

[@Cheryl5022]

I also bought the The sieve. I also bought the around one, to fit into the greens mine/ gardening sieve. They work absolutely fantastic. He is in America and I got my delivery here in Australia. Great customer service.

[@dickinohio]

Is there an easy way to sort beetles from pupa?

[@KimAyers-i5m]

Hey ,How do I tell paupa from worms that have shedded there skin,,they all look the same,ones that have shedded are white as well 🤔

[@lucasaustin3204]

What do you do with the small pupae? Are they left there with the mealworms?

[@soupaloopable]

Cool, might have to give that a try. Wondering if a queen excluder from my hive would work. Looks about the same size.

[@dawncameron7917]

I wondered the same thing about my queen excluders!

[@tomasruizmena2980]

And now show us, how to separate the feces from wormeggs

[@saethman]

A potential stupid question since I haven't grown mealworms (yet), but couldn't you just lure them? I.e put everything to one side of the box and put some delicious treats (or their watersource) on the other side? We know the pupae will not move, so the question is whether the larvae will

[@WelcomeBackWoods]

LiveYourLife that might work, but it can still be irritating to sift through the bran. This tool has been the most effective method I have found.

[@aaronhodkinson]

Hey I need help my mealworms are all dyeing I have put them in oats and a plastic container and feed them a carrot piece help!!

[@CMLonske]

I LOVE My SCMW Box... one tip, order larger than what you think. I got the smallest and it works great but takes a while to sift on LARGE colonies.

[@WelcomeBackWoods]

CMLonske totally agree!!

[@spacecoastmealworms]

All trays are 20% off right now if you need an upgrade! 😉

[@shuckyducky3508]

covid mask oh noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@berniboern]

Could you give us a regular overview of your entire farm?

[@WelcomeBackWoods]

Berni Boern stay tuned 😊

[@berniboern]

do you throw away the small pupae?

[@WelcomeBackWoods]

Berni Boern with the new sifter, yes. I add them to my chicken feed now.

[@edwardkeenan6138]

Cool I just need one 10 times bigger I think bro I need a round 15 lbs a month . How much poundage a mealworms you get on that

[@WelcomeBackWoods]

Edward Keenan about 2 lb / wk. I would get the extra large sifter if you are processing that much volume.

[@lincpink]

New sub, keep up the mealworm farm! 😀

[@WelcomeBackWoods]

Alex den store welcome!

[@MissNebulosity]

So wait, what's better? The green stack of sieves, or the single sifter by Scott? Is the single sifter from Scott just for pupae? Should I still look into getting the green sieves? Does scotts design for pupae work better because the holes are not square since the pupae themselves are oblong? I really want to learn from all of the people who have tried all the different methods, and I want to START with the method that has the greatest chance of being my long term solution. I'd rather invest in the right stuff than try to do something cheap and have to spend 2-3 times the cost AGAIN to get the right stuff.

[@WelcomeBackWoods]

MissNebulosity Scott’s sifter works best for the pupae, the sifters work best for worms and frass. Scott now makes a pupae sifting disc that’s fits in the top of the green sifters. Haven’t tried it, but it looks pretty effective. Good luck!

[@vikombucha]

35$ of shipping for that... any other solution ?

[@aliciamariediys1069]

Thank you! Just bought one

[@cwebblocksmith]

Very informed Information, thanks a bunch. I’m new to this.

[@barlow2976]

Has anyone tried a queen bee sorting screen? The slots are 4.1mm, so should sort the curved pupae from the larvae. I've gambled on it, and ordered a 40x50cm plastic screen for $5 from China.Where else?

[@frankslaman3950]

How did it work? I’m a beekeeper and have queen excluders.

[@benbiquette]

Thanx for sharing. It's a super cool product and I love it also! Let me share with you thoughts on a deeper subject. And I'm not claiming anything scientific, just asking the devil's advocate question. You say you end up with the big pupae, which give bigger mealworms which is what is best. I can see that in general, more food is better. But are the bigger ones also comparatively more nutritious ? Could the bigger ones just be swollen with "less nutritive" meat? Have we any research on this? Just asking. If it turns out that the small ones are more resistant, maybe have more concentrated nutritional "stuff", it would be a shame to get rid of them. ;-P

[@WelcomeBackWoods]

Benoit Daoust a fine point, and no, I do not know the answer. I know that we are running into that issue in commercial produce (apples today are significantly less nutritionally dense since we have selected for size, color, and sweetness primarily) but I am not sure if the same holds true for animal products.

[@vfg9944]

#subscribed 🙃🙃

[@luannalovell]

what king of mask is that please?

[@rhondaskinner9369]

How much does it costs ?

[@eugeneson0108]

awesome video man. as is the beard!

[@dablaugntximntxub2318]

for those that doesn't want to spend money on a sifter, all you need to do is find a plastic bowl and use a drill and drilled out bunches of holes that the pupa and beetles can't go through.. this works just as fast as these sifters that's gonna cost you $5-10 ..

[@wendy54321]

New sub.

[@veronicabelgium8687]

Cool

[@bethstubbs9460]

I learn tons from your video. I wanted to ask about the green sifters. I did buy the 6th sifter to separate the bran from the frass. Will there be beetle eggs be in the frass?

[@setokaiba2711]

Beth Stubbs initially yes. You want to let that sit in a drawer to get the last worms out before you sell the frass or throw it awat

[@bearpuoo]

Nice~! Always, we need to work smarter, not harder :) Can you tell me what the size of the gap is? Thanks, man

[@WelcomeBackWoods]

Isaac Park not sure off the top of my head. Check with Scott at Space Coast Mealworms. kzbin.info/door/58EtpN3fbIb96dpdmRbWeA

[@scottjost857]

That’s a proprietary secret, learned after many trials and errors.

[@amechelb]

You should also be wearing eye protection to keep the dust out of your eyes and gloves to keep it off your skin. You can develop serious allergies from overexposure to the fras.

[@barlow2976]

Hi from the Uk. What size are the slots on that sifter?

[@markstraw5840]

Hello from the uk, First id like to say thank you, im new to mealworms and superworms and ive been following your videos which have been a great help. Id wondered if you knew what size are the gaps that the mealworms and wheatbran fall through please?

[@WelcomeBackWoods]

mark straw I would reach out to Scott Jost at Spacecoast Mealworms. He has them laser cut. kzbin.info/door/58EtpN3fbIb96dpdmRbWeA

[@dablaugntximntxub2318]

mark straw, you can also use a regular plastic bowl and drill bits to drilled out holes in it .. use a drill bit that's almost the size of the pupa, so everything will go through, but the pupa, it's cheap and effective .