Wax worms

[fluffypanda]

does anyone know anything about Wax worms? like breeding them, feeding them, and their nutrients? thank you anything would help!

[wesleybrouwer]

There are 2 kinds of waxworms to choose from, namely lesser wax moth (Achroia grisella) and the greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella),
the lesser wax moth is more suitable for smaller species, greater wax moths may only be eaten by bigger types of frogs.

Breeding can be done rather easily.
You may ask a beekeeper if you may have old honeycombs.
Put them in the refrigirator before using them, so you are sure they are free of mites and other stuff that might live in there.
Just get yourself a well closing bucket, good example are the plastic ones they keep sauces in.
Make sure you use hard plastic containers, since they will be able to eat trough the thinner plastic.
In the top you need to make ventilation, you can make a large hole wich you cover with iron mesh, again, normal flymesh won't hold them inside

If you can't find any honeycombs, their are some recipes that may do the trick as well, although honeycombs is the best choice:

500 grams of wheatgerm
150 grams of honey
100 ml of glycerine
a little baker's yeast.
Stir together well so that you get a loose granular mass.
If it stays too wet then stir through some more wheat germ, it is good if you
can turn it into a ball.

Another recipe contains:

900 ml glycerol
200 g beeswax pellets (recycled)
900 g honey
1200 gr wheat flour or flour
375 g yeast
You need to heat this in a large pot until you get a granular mass.
Poor it into a cakeform for example and let it rest until it is stiffened.

There is also a recipe containing dogfood, but this i never tried myself:

1 part of soft, granular dogfood
1 part of water
and 2 parts of honey.
Mix it all trough and you're ready to try it out

The nutritions you may find here for example:
Grubco :: Nutritional Information

[fluffypanda]

thank you for all of the information! if my animals like the wax worms than i will for sure try to breed them! and surprisingly enough I'm friends with a beekeeper! :O thanks again you should publish that