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Dec 15, 2019 - 03:00 AM
Thank you for your question; we don't use beef growth hormones on our mealworms as commonly thought or use GMO worms. These are very popular misconceptions! In fact, we know that many people choose to eat them and so we raise them as naturally as possible. We pay more to buy our grain from a mill that makes it for bakeries and we buy our carrots from a large farm in California that supplies our grocery stores.
Our regular mealworms found on this page are raised 100% naturally frog egg to beetle: Mealworms Our Giant mealworms are grown differently. We alter their hours of daylight, diet, and temperature while in the larval stage in order to delay pupation. The energy they would use to pupate is instead channeled into making them grow 150% larger in length and width. You can also attempt to re-create this by keeping large mealworms at a high temperature (high 80s) for 6 to 8 weeks. Increasing the daylight hours to a minimum of 14 hours will also enhance the effect. They will grow larger rather than pupate when conditions are safer ecologically.
Because of this, our Giant mealworms do not have the energy stores left to survive well through pupation. Resulting larvae of any beetles that do emerge will be regular-sized mealworms. If you prefer a worm that has not been altered in any way to force growth, then our regular mealworms or our Superworms in the medium size are a perfect choice.
Our regular mealworms found on this page are raised 100% naturally frog egg to beetle: Mealworms Our Giant mealworms are grown differently. We alter their hours of daylight, diet, and temperature while in the larval stage in order to delay pupation. The energy they would use to pupate is instead channeled into making them grow 150% larger in length and width. You can also attempt to re-create this by keeping large mealworms at a high temperature (high 80s) for 6 to 8 weeks. Increasing the daylight hours to a minimum of 14 hours will also enhance the effect. They will grow larger rather than pupate when conditions are safer ecologically.
Because of this, our Giant mealworms do not have the energy stores left to survive well through pupation. Resulting larvae of any beetles that do emerge will be regular-sized mealworms. If you prefer a worm that has not been altered in any way to force growth, then our regular mealworms or our Superworms in the medium size are a perfect choice.
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