Mealworms, Sieve or Filter (screen)
Posted: 28 Jun 2015, 10:48
There seems to be two popular ways to keep mealworms, the 'all in one' or to separate lifecycle stages.
Latter being where I am heading.
The question then is do I use a 'Sieve' system and at intervals sieve beetles and transfer them or leave the beetles in a filtered/screened base container.
I'm not looking for a maximum yield, prefer ease of use, low maintenance and clean.
Either system will mean different mediums are used which wont matter.
If I am needing to sieve it would be minimum of weekly so have at the moment a preference for a screened system.
Thoughts?
Further to this, I am currently keeping larva and a small number of beetles in open plastic trays (plastic file drawers).
I'm thinking this may leave the colony open to incursion and should house these in a insect proof enclosure or better still sealed vented containers instead of the drawers?
Latter being where I am heading.
The question then is do I use a 'Sieve' system and at intervals sieve beetles and transfer them or leave the beetles in a filtered/screened base container.
I'm not looking for a maximum yield, prefer ease of use, low maintenance and clean.
Either system will mean different mediums are used which wont matter.
If I am needing to sieve it would be minimum of weekly so have at the moment a preference for a screened system.
Thoughts?
Further to this, I am currently keeping larva and a small number of beetles in open plastic trays (plastic file drawers).
I'm thinking this may leave the colony open to incursion and should house these in a insect proof enclosure or better still sealed vented containers instead of the drawers?