![]() We then took thousands of photos and hundreds of videos of how we operate the farm. We then Benchmarked the production and costs of producing of yellow/giant mealworms and crickets. First we demolished and renovated a 6m (20 foot) caravan and converted it into an insect business. This project was big….with thousands of photos and hundreds of videos taken over a 18 month period. If the insect breeding industry is to move forward quickly (and it will to keep up with global food demand) we decided to do a comprehensive guide to meet this need. Any dead or discoloured ones must not be used as they can cause problems such as salmonella poisoning.When we started the project, to our knowledge no one had produced a comprehensive guide on producing mealworms for both hobbyist and commercially. It is very important that any mealworms fed to birds are fresh. If you want to start new colonies, prepare another tin and transfer some bits of dry bread (these will carry beetle eggs) from the flourishing colony.Replace the bread, potato and cabbage as necessary. The beetles will lay eggs which hatch into mealworms and so on. ![]() After a few weeks the mealworms will turn into creamy pupae, then into little black beetles. Introduce two or three hundred mealworms into the prepared tin.Keep the tin at room temperature, not in hot sun. You can put a raw cabbage leaf on top if you like. Put a slice or two of bread and raw potato, followed by another two layers of sacking/bran/bread/potato, like a three-decker sandwich. Punch small holes in the lid for ventilation, place a layer of old hessian sacking in the bottom and sprinkle fairly thickly with bran.It can become quite expensive to constantly buy mealworms, so you might want to grow your own.įor a constant supply of mealworms, prepare a large circular biscuit tin as follows:
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