Mealworm metamorphasis?

[Mentat]

Mealworms and other "worms" with pincers in the pet feeder world are the larvae of different beetles. Not sure if your FBs will eat it. Also, beetles have hard exoskeleton parts that could be an impaction problem for some frogs .

[UncleChester]

Pictured below from left to right: mealworm larva (these go through several sizes, molting at each one), mealworm pupa, and the adult beetle form are pictured below.

Most beetles look the same to me, but if you had the pupa in the container then that's probably where your beetles came from. The pupa don't move unless you poke them, then the lower tail part will thrash around.

You could transfer the adult beetles into a breeding container. A plastic shoebox sized rubbermaid container with some air holes filled with a couple of inches of dry bran, oatmeal, or other whizzed up grains along with a potato or carrot slice for moisture every few days will do the trick. Then let them do their business and you'll have baby mealworms in a few months. They're very low maintenance cultures.

[Creamballman]

Yes, that's exactly what I'm seeing. I guess I can have free food for a while now? Also, can meal worms be dusted like crickets or do they suffocate quickly?