ANTSTORE World of Ants

[gabranth]

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has anyone here bought these and know if there really haven't been hormone treated and will grow into beetles?

[The_Paranoid]

Don't know what's up in UK ... but i never heave heard or seen any "hormon treated mealworms" being sold as Zoophobas in Germany. For me it sounds more like a marketing strategy to make the customer think that everywhere else they cheat, but not in this store.
Besides, that's the real name of this "giant mealworms": Zoophobas morio.
So i guess you can buy this Zoophobas without doubt.
As far as i know the larvae(which you buy) need a lot of calm for pupation. If you keep the larvae all together the chance is high, that they are to disturbed to grow into pupae and later into beetles.

Btw, what colonies do you have. They must be really huge if you want to feed this large insects.

[gabranth]

my colony's are small now but i plan to cut them up and give them one big worm instead of multiple smaller ones and it should be easier for my larger ants to get at the stuff inside and to breed these guys will take some time so im better off starting early.

[Ant mad]

i have brought from them but i did not have a very good experince, less than half of what i ordered was DOA.
I now buy from Hyperlinks sind nur für registrierte Nutzer sichtbar they are much better
btw i keep Zoophobas morio and if you keep them within body contact with each other they will no pupate, ive still got some from last year.
if you want more info on keeping and breeding them just PM me and i'll see if i can help.
and just be warned they eat and eat and eat
Hope this helps

[gabranth]

k thxs ive been reading about them and have to keep them in seperate containers they also need wood to lay eggs on as well

[JimmyVe]

My ants love these worms. And like you said, if you cut them in smaller pieces you can feed more (small) colonies from 1 worm. You always have to cut them because the shell is to hard for most species to get through.