Newly hatched mealworm larvae. What do I do?

seperate it from the beetles chances are you have ALOT of baby mealies in your bedding. it takes a good eye to spot babies. Babies can eat beetles and beetles can eat babies(or so ive been told) so move the beetles into a different container. Not the other way around because the beetles propably laid eggs all over the botttom of the container;D ONLY offer carrots once a day or every other day depending on how big. mites WILL form if fed carrots to much and mites will whipe out your colony. when you put your carrot in put it so the out side part is up(cut it) that way not to much of the liquid goes into the bedding

I had this happen a few months ago. I ended up asking a breeder, and this is what he said: ...What you want to do is sift the bedding into another container. This will remove all of the tiny worms, and eggs - which adhere to the bedding. If you keep the baby worms in the container with the beetles, they will eat them. You can feed them bits of carrot for moisture, but the main food source is the bedding. The name mealworm comes from the fact that they infest meal in granaries - corn meal, oat meal, bran, wheat, etc... Technically you can use any vegetable, but carrot is best because it tends not to mildew. Baby worms will burrow into the vegetables, and if you used a vegetable like a potato that tends to mildew or rot, you would end up throwing the baby out with the bath water so to speak. As for the beetles, you should provide them with some new bedding. We find wheat bran works the best. They will continue to produce several thousands of eggs per weeks for months to come. Whenever you are able to see babies with your naked eye, do the sifting to transfer them again. Best of luck, Chris

what laura said...haha she pretty much summed up exactly wut i was thinking