Description
Fast Breeding Micro mealworm Culture
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What Are Peanut Beetles? They look like very small meal worms. That is because they are in the Darkling Beetle family called Tenebrionidae. Their scientific name is Ulomoides dermestoides, and the common names are Chinese weevil, peanut beetle, cancer beetle, asthma beetle and Micro-mealworm. The beetle is eaten in Argentina as a treatment for cancer, kidney, lung ailments and other illnesses.
Peanut beetles are flightless, small beetles that cannot fly. See pictures below. The larvae of this insect, which looks like a micro meal worm, are often used to feed fish, birds, and small reptiles, PLUS THEY HAVE LESS CHITIN than standard meal worms!
Larvae of peanut beetle can get to 3/4 max, and the beetle will be 1/8, so it is double the size of flour beetle larvae.
This is the breakdown of protein and fat of Peanut Beetles. See the Pictures with my wedding ring to see how small micromealworms are.
What You Get:
One 8 Ounce Culture.
Each culture comes with many beetles, larva and some pupae. They will be in a food substrate.
Usage: The larvae are great for feeding geckos, tropical fish and small birds. They cannot climb smooth surfaces and they are very easy to breed and keep.
Larvae are composed of 55% crude protein, 18% fat.
LIFE CYCLE: Keep at 75 to 85 degrees F- Egg will hatch in 1-2 weeks. Larvae will transform into pupae and then beetles which can live for a couple of months. Female beetles will lay approximately 200 eggs during their lifetime.
Some Great articles on the use of Peanut Beetles in cancer treatment in alternative medicine.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB106012417328634100
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulomoides_dermestoides
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