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Mar 10, 2025 - 06:46 AM
First, we want to clarify that Jumbo Mealworms are just regular mealworms grown to a large size.
We alter their hours of daylight, diet, and temperature to delay pupation and keep their growth hormones at high levels instead of plummeting (which is what causes pupation). Instead, the energy they would use to pupate is 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 to a minimum of 14 hours will also enhance the effect. They will grow larger rather than pupate when conditions are safer ecologically. Remember that the resulting worm has used all its energy stores that would typically be used to endure pupation before becoming a beetle. Beetles that emerge from pupation will often be ill-formed with curly wings and have trouble breeding. Any worms that result from successful breeding will, of course, be regular mealworms.
We alter their hours of daylight, diet, and temperature to delay pupation and keep their growth hormones at high levels instead of plummeting (which is what causes pupation). Instead, the energy they would use to pupate is 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 to a minimum of 14 hours will also enhance the effect. They will grow larger rather than pupate when conditions are safer ecologically. Remember that the resulting worm has used all its energy stores that would typically be used to endure pupation before becoming a beetle. Beetles that emerge from pupation will often be ill-formed with curly wings and have trouble breeding. Any worms that result from successful breeding will, of course, be regular mealworms.
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