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Posted: **21 Mar 2013, 03:12**

No no Tintola , no offence taken at all

I would rather be corrected than continue calling the moth by an incorrect name , and if my reply indicated that I was offended I then too apologise .

Posted: **21 Mar 2013, 09:33**

Think it is a WA thing cause I knew exactly what you were talking about and never questioned that they were them little pesky moths you get round breeding rooms.

Though I would just feed them to the insectiverous birds.
LML

Posted: **21 Mar 2013, 09:40**

Tiaris wrote:Couple of suggestions to maximise productivity with your mealies:
Mealworms thrive when their environment is humid. Dryness will dramatically reduce breeding.
Sieve out beetle colonies each week or two & put beetles into new substrate each time. This will give new young mealworm colonies coming through all at the same stage of development & far more of them than if left together to develop at different stages in the one colony. The drastic increase in numbers produced will overcome any affect of codling (flour) moth infestation. If mealworm density is high enough they will eat out the moth larvae & their "clods".

The Marcus pollard method of sieving out 3 times a week doubles the yield as it seems the beetles prefer to eat fresh eggs. Doing the same with Zophobas will give you mealworm sized worms at only 6 weeks. Double yield means only half the number of containers is needed.

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