5000 Medium Mealworms

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5000 Medium MealWorms

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Mealworms

Are typically used as a food source for reptile, fish, and avian pets. They are also provided to wild birds in bird feeders, particularly during the nesting season, when birds are raising their young and appreciate a ready food supply. Mealworms are high in protein, which makes them especially useful as a food source. They are also commonly used for fishing bait.

Mealworms are the larvae of mealworm beetles. Tenebrio molitor, as they are technically known, are a species of the darkling beetle. They have a very high amount of protein and are very palatable to birds. Our beetle's are on a strict diet of fresh cereal and vegetables, so they are a safe food source for your bluebirds and other birds as well.

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How to Care for Your Mealworms If you plan to use all of your mealworms within a couple of weeks, you can either store them in the refrigerator or in a cool part of your home. If you plan to refrigerate mealworms, we suggest that you do so in a container with no substrate for ease of collecting them for feeding. You should take them out of the refrigerator at least once a week and allow the mealworms to get warm and feed them as noted below. If you plan to keep your mealworms unrefrigerated, they should be kept in a bedding material. You can use uncooked oatmeal (the "old fashioned" kind, not instant). For moisture, provide the mealworms with a small amount of apple, carrot, melon, etc. Remember, that with this, more definitely is not better! A quarter of an apple or an equivalent is sufficient for 1,000 mealworms. Lids are optional on mealworm bins as they can not climb the plastic and need the air circulation that an uncovered container allows.
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Mealworms Care: Keep mealworms dry and cool. Avoid sunlight. Keep mealworms refrigerated at 40 to 50 degrees. Avoid freezing them. Every 5 to 7 days remove them from the refrigerator and allow them to warm up and start moving around. Then feed them a few small apple, potato or banana pieces and leave them out for another hour or two. After that, remove the old apple, potato or banana and refrigerate the mealworms again. It is very important that you remove any apple, potato or banana before you refrigerate the mealworms so they don't get moldy. If mealworms are not kept refrigerated, within a few days they will transform into white pupae and then later into black beetles.
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Shipping to areas with temperatures over 90 degrees, we will do our best to deliver live but there will not be a guarantee unless specified AM Over Night Delivery is Selected Shipping methods offered by Rainbow Worms Overnight (Extreme Weather) Fed EX 2 Day Standard 2 to3 day by USPS All orders will be shipped USPS. We must reserve the right to ship as needed due to weather but will make every effort to ship as you wish. (ships only Monday and Tuesday) Please order heat packs when the temperature is below 50 degrees F. Shipping companies used by Rainbow Worms USPS Fed Ex Airport to Airport (large volume only) Shipping Delays - At Rainbow Worms we strive to make sure that your order leaves our facility in a timely manner. If for some reason your shipment does not arrive, please call 510 8288205 or visit your Account on RainbowWorms.com for tracking information. Out of State - Out of State orders received after 1pm PST time Wednesday will be shipped on the following Monday unless specified overnight shipping Large Volume Orders - Rainbow Worms offers Airport to Airport shipping as a courtesy for our large volume vendors. If you have a large volume order of 100K crickets/worms or more please call 510 828-8205 and we will be happy to discuss the details. NEVER HAVE DEAD FEEDERS DUE TO EXTREME WEATHER AGAIN!! Extreme Weather - Rainbow Worms will use all neccessary means to insure that your shipment arrives in good condition. In the event of a loss Rainbow Worms will reship your order free of product charge. (you will be required to pay for the additional shipping cost) Please call 510 828-8205 for alternative methods of shipping if you live in extreme weather areas. Extreme weather areas are defined as above 90 degrees F and below 50 degrees F nighttime. Rainbow Worms may upgrade your shipping to insure that product arrives safely.

Customer Reviews

	Melaworms packaging issue
	The worms were good sized and very healthy, but the packaging was somewhat flimsy and was damaged in shipping, causing our poor mail carrier to have escaping worms in her mail van! Not only was the delivery delayed because of this, we lost some of the worms. Please consider reinforced packaging for shipping. Your prices are so good that paying a little more for shipping would not be an issue.
	Reviewed by: Cindy from South Carolina. on 5/17/2012

	Great Company
	I recently purchased 5000 mealworms to start farming for bluebirds and fishing. They came in a very timely fashion and in great condition. Rainbow has been very helpful with my project with there advice. Thanks for a the great service and a healthy worms!
	Reviewed by: Michael Clark from The sunny shore of Lake Ontario, Wilson,New York. on 2/24/2012

	Excellent
	These were for my chickens during the winter. Excellent quality very large and a great price. They loved them! I will order from you again.
	Reviewed by: margaret zabawar from Connecticut. on 2/11/2012

	Very Pleased
	Fast Shipping and very nice Mealworms!
	Reviewed by: Harold Schulze from Columbus, Ohio. on 12/7/2011