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On Your Marks, Get Set, PUPATE!

profanereviewsPosted for homesteading Pod Members to comment on, 4 years ago3 min read

Another old post and I'm sorry for the photo quality but at that time I think I had my Caterpillar phone and it was pretty crappy for photos and most other things.

So I have been pretty obsessed with my mealworm farm since I started it. I just love hanging out with the worms for what seems like hours. It is relaxing to watch them do their little mealworm thing.

So far I have $68 invested in them, and hours of time, including the plethora of YouTube videos out there on the subject, so I am paying a lot of attention to them to see if they are progressing at all, and so far in the last few days, there have been several morphs into pupae.
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Hurry up and be beetles already.

This is very exciting for me, but not as exciting as what happened tonight.

I got to watch one of the larvae morph, right in front of my eyes. One minute I was holding a mealworm on the broken piece of drink tray, and a few minutes later I was staring at a creepy, white pupa.

I had seen it several times in time lapsed video, but this was the first time I got a chance to witness it. It was so special to me, that I am going to name him/her Katniss. I can't wait to watch them grow up and lay/fertilize 350-500 eggs and then die a husk of the beetle they once were.

Then, as a memorial gesture, I will sell some of their babies to someone with a lizard or bird to complete the circle of life.

I should be able to make $20- $30 back off of them, and I'll keep a few for the impeccable bloodline to keep going. I sure wouldn't want to be the reason for the lineage to be stopped, plus the chickens love to eat them.

That's my great post for this week. Sorry, it's so boring, but I have been busy with the Dirty Bird Soap Empire Facebook page and website(now defunct). Not to mention making a lot of soap, getting it ready for market, and slamming the van door on my finger. Thanks, codeine!
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It looks a lot better than it did a few days ago.

That was one of those things that you regret immediately and also days later. If you are ever thinking about slamming a door on your finger, I would advise against it.

Chris

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