Maturing waxworms into moths

[Kurt]

Thats was awesome! I am going to have to try culturing them.

[SirIvy]

Thanks for the link. Going to have to give this a try.

[scribbles]

Once I forgot about a container of waxworms. A while later I opened it and it was full of moths.

[Tom Highum]

I might try that too. Thanks John.

[Mike]

I've also used this recipe to culture waxworms, it's a bit simpler and works well too: Breeding Waxworms

One thing you want to keep in mind is that waxworms can eat through plastic when they run out of food/medium, so if you're going to culture them in jars you should use glass jars with metal screen lids. Also make sure the screen is very fine or the tiny larvae will escape (it's happened to me a few times when the mesh wasn't fine enough).

One methods for feeding out the moths is to put the culture in the fridge for a bit until they slow down, then once they're in your vivarium they'll warm up again and become active. I've stopped culturing waxworms since I never found a good method to harvest the larvae from the medium (any suggestions?).

[deengo1975]

I have successfully breed these waxworms but I never get more than 10 out of the 250 I put in there to start the culture. Then they die off soon after I've discovered them. So I've stopped trying to breed waxworms.

[John]

What temperature are you keeping them at, what kind of ventilation are you giving them and how moist is it in there? These are the important factors.