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I have to ask would my Axie eat a Widety Grub I have lots in my garden
 
your axolotl would probably have a go yes, its live food after all. I would be wary though because of the pincer like mouth, you would have to crush or sever the head first so as to make sure the grub can't cause any damage internally by biting.
 
would it be poossible to get a pic to this bug I have never heard of such a thing
 
thanks those are really quite large. They look like meal worms that we have in the United States only much bigger and we do not have them in our back yards we have to buy them. Thank you for the pic

Rad
 
Wowa wooa. Those are big. What do they morph into?
 
Hi Kassie,

In New Zealand we have a similar critter called a Huhu Grub and yes if you remove the head they are ok to feed. I have tried them on my axies and they were not a great success I think that the peanut flavour was not to their liking. They regurgitated quite a lot of it but minus the head its worth a try.

They morph into a large hard winged flying beetle
 
Snow4aaron, they morph into cossid moths. It's an Australian slang word I think, not the 'technical' name as far as I know. It's because they eat a plant by the name 'Witchetty'. People can eat them too as they are very high in protein. :)
 
Thats correct they become Cossid moths with no mouth to feed their main purpose is to lay eggs they have a wing span of 16cm and come into the house all the time, I have some very nice young Witchetty grubs.......[spelling correction I was pulled up about this one big time] about 1inch long the snipping the head off part kinda makes me shudder but I'll have a go as they are high in protein and she only likes live food, people do eat them but I would have to be lost and starving in the outback with a small fry pan a knob of butter and garlic before I would eat them
 
They really are quite yummy.. being squirmy sort of makes one imagine all kinds of yukky things, but they are quite succulent if you give them a go... much better raw then cooked!! they tend to get a bit chewy...
 
Maybe washed down with a whole bottle of wine ...............then you wouldn't feel a thing
 
a nice boytris semillion maybe.....honey goes luverly with that slight chickeny piquantecy..
 
YUM, You should join me and we can go a Witchetty Grub hunting
 
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