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Feeder
Insect Care
Crickets (Acheta
domestica)
Crickets
should be kept in some
type of clean plastic
container. Egg crate is
an excellent medium for
crickets and provides
the necessary space for
crickets to thrive.
Ideally, you should
store your crickets
where the temperature
ranges between 70-85
degrees. Crickets need
to be fed and watered on
a daily basis for the
best results. There are
many different types of
cricket foods available
and “Cricket Total
Bites” from Nature Zone
is an excellent source
of food and water. Just
place a few cubes of the
total bites throughout
the container and when
they’re gone or dried
up, replace them. Other
options to feed crickets
are cut vegetables for
food and wet paper
towels or cotton balls
for moisture. When all
your crickets are gone,
clean your container
with water before adding
any new crickets. Never
leave your crickets or
other feeder insects
exposed to direct
sunlight, they will
overheat and die.
Superworms (Zoophobas
morio)
Superworms
are best stored in a
plastic container filled
with bran or oatmeal.
Do not refrigerate
superworms they need to
be kept between 70-85
degrees. The worms will
eat the bran or oatmeal
they are stored in but
you should add carrots,
cucumbers, or potatoes
for moisture and added
nutrition. You can also
mix calcium/vitamin
powder to the mixture of
bran, the superworms
will ingest the
supplement and this will
add to their nutritional
value.
Mealworms (Tenebrio
molitor)
Mealworms can be stored
similar to superworms,
however, they can be
refrigerated. If you
keep your mealworms in
the refrigerator, they
will become dormant and
do not need to be fed.
If you keep your
mealworms warm, keep
them exactly like
superworms.
Waxworms (Galleria
mellonella)
Waxworms
should be stored in the
refrigerator. At this
temperature they are
dormant and do not need
to be fed. Make sure
they are kept in some
type of container and
not stored in a plastic
bag.
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