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Rickeezee · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 11:08 am Post subject: Wax Worms

Can anyone tell me please how long it takes; from putting waxies in a culture jar with food mixture and egg laying material etc to the hatching of the eggs?

Cheers Rick
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Jan O · Key Member Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 360

It varies Rick, in the summer months its quicker- obviously. I looked in my latest culture thats dated 12/1 and i can see little waxies crawling all over the inside of the sweet jar. This culture has just been left to stand in the rep room but inside a box to keep it dark.With a magnyfying glass you can see the egg clusters they are white and always laid in a hexagon shape. Patience my son, patience! Love Jan

Rickeezee · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:42 pm Post subject:

Ta muchly Jan
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Rickeezee · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 2:10 pm Post subject:

Wo hoooooooooooooo some of my waxies have turned into moths that I placed in a culture tub. The ones I put in were adult waxies and some chryssalis. Well it excites me as I have not bred them b4. Very Happy

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Scott W · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 2:32 pm Post subject:

waxworms are great to breed, you can't help but breed too many and depending on the diet you use they can taste lovely Wink

I used to put a block of the culture (food & grubs) in with day geckos, they would eat the caterpillars they could find but the fun started when the moths hatch out and the geckos jump all over the cage trying to catch them.
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Rickeezee · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 7:40 pm Post subject:

Sounds like good sport to me! Also sounds like you have tasted them. YUK!
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robje29 · Key Member Joined: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 223 Location: Devon

Hi Rick, how did you get on with the cultures of waxworms? are you still breeding them? if so will you tell me the recipe for the food you feed them or do you buy from websites?
Thanks Rob

Rickeezee · Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2007 10:01 pm Post subject:

I dont breed them anymore, to fidly to time consuming and a lot of hassle for a few hundred worms. I dont buy livefood, but I do supply livefood including waxworms Laughing

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