Wednesday, August 10, 2011

mealworms

ok i recently bought a box of mealworms, the larvae of the darkling beetle.
they feed on oatmeal and i want to keep them until they turn into beetles.
you can find them at pet shops where they are used as live fish food or hamster
treats.they look like this:
then they turn into pupa and they look like this:
then when they finally grow up, they turn into a beetle.like this:
quite an amazing transformation isn't it? here you can see the change.
i cant wait till they turn into beetles!

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