Monday, March 9, 2009

Lots more pupae!

I looked through the batch of worms I started on 2/11 and 2/13 and found about 30 or 40 new pupae today.  These worms have been in wheat bran the whole time, and I think they're doing a lot better in that than the oatmeal.  Not all of the pupae were lying on top as before, so I sifted through it with my hand and found a lot more.  I'm putting these into a crab box with about an inch of wheat bran with two pieces of newspaper on top.  I don't know if they'll dry out too fast since there are slits in this top, so I'll have to keep an eye on them.   The others were in drawers, which still let air through, but had more cover.

I also sifted through the batch of oatmeal which had the leftover pupae in it from my first batch and found only three pupae left.  I put that oatmeal on the deck for the squirrels to eat.

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