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Feeding waxworms

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matt

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Are waxworms those skiny white worms? because if they are I saw someone at a fish shop put them in this thing at the top and the worms stuck out of it so the fish could just eat some, I think its called a fish feeder
 
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kai

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Nah, they are caterpillars of two small moth species which live in some hymenopteran colonies.

The common recipe:
500 g glycerol
500 g honey
200 g yeast (dry, either variety)
200 g milk powder
500 g rolled oats
1500 g wheat bran

I'm using a variant:
approx. 2000 g oat bran replace the last two ingredients above
and, if at hand, I add some pollen, too.

Be careful that neither moths nor caterpillars escape - they can damage your (spouses
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Best wishes,
kai
 
M

matt

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what you feed them all that stuff I thought axys were carnivores
 
M

matt

Guest
Oh ok but how could you feed them with all that stuff? do you just roll them in it?
 
M

matt

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What do you mean ??? it sounded like you knew does any one alse know how to feed them with all that stuff
oh and how do you make those faces?
 
J

john

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About the faces, just type a : and a ) beside each other for an ordinary smiley. It's all explained in the formatting part of the documentation (see the menu bar on the left).
 
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andy

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hey matt I've never come across waxworms in oz.....think thats coz they are the larval stage of the wax moth a pest of all beekeepers and I think oz is free of it or something like that....the only livefoods in oz are crickets $6 -$8 for 2 dozen, mealworms $6 per 1000 or woodies(native cochroaches) $6 - $8 fpr 2 dozen.......needless to say if you know otherwise please let me know so I can get a hold of some Ü
 
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kai

Guest
Well, it's not exactly rocket science: you pull the cultured critters out of their food mix (as given above) and just feed the caterpillars or moths to the newts, duh...
 
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