Are these normal waxworms?

[donprec]

I bought some waxworms from a different store than I normally go to. These guys are huge and so much more active and squirmy, trying to get out of their container. They're almost the same size as superworms. I can't even tell you how many times I've bought waxworms before and they were never more than half the size of these. These also seem to not have the sort of peach fuzz that the others I've gotten had.
Precious went crazy over them and I let her enjoy more than I should have. Are these normal or maybe a different strain? Or were the ones I've been getting all along just younger? I'd prefer to get ones like these all the time if I could!

 

[PatsyB]

They almost look like molted super worms. I've never seen wax worms that big before, I would buy those too if I came across them! If you google wax worms this is the picture that comes up so I think you are good.

 

[donprec]

Yes, they do look like that! But I can tell they still are some kind of waxworm. I only bought 20 of them and even Tequila who doesn't eat anything live loved them. I'm going back to that place tomorrow to get more and ask about them. I'm weirdly fascinated with them!

 

[Canicke]

If those are wax worms – they are humongous!

 

[donprec]

I have had my days mixed up all week since I'd had Memorial Day off. Forgot it was Sunday and the store closed early today! I'll go tomorrow.

 

[donprec]

I went back to the store and bought more, asked about them. The guy acted like they were normal, he said that's just how they come to the store. But he also said they refrigerate them when they first get them but then they just keep them at room temp. Maybe that's why they're bigger, because they're not refrigerated?
When they're scrunched up you can see that they are waxworms:

Was going to do another size comparison with the new ones but then a certain someone came along...

Then someone else and that was it for the worms!

After they ate, Tequila goes off into a ripple under the cover and Precious wanted to go too

I go put the worms away and then come back to check on them and found this:

My silly beauties, lol

 

[BeardedDragon's°For°Life]

I can't get over how cute Tequila Is!!! So adorable!

 

[donprec]

Thanks! When we first brought Tequila home on Valentine's day, she was so small that she curled up into a c shape and fell asleep in my hand. I measured and weighed the both of them 2 days ago. She's now 23 inches, Precious is 21 inches. But Precious weighs 540 grams and Tequila is 520.

Size comparison pic from 2 days ago
Tequila is such a copycat with Precious though, everything Precious does she wants to do. I never see Precious drinking water on her own so every day I offer her from a syringe. Some days she turns her head, other days she'll drink quite a bit. Tequila has no problem drinking from her own pool of water, but when she saw me giving Precious water, she had to try it too. Now she gets all excited when she sees the syringe...go figure lol. I had to initial 2 syringes and if Tequila is out when I do it, I have to offer her syringe first, otherwise she hogs the syringe...and the annoyed look Precious gets on her face is too funny!

This pic is about a month old, when Tequila first discovered the syringe

 

[CrazyLeopardGeckoLady]

Tequila is the cutest!!! I'm sorry for barging in on your post but I have a few questions about blue tongue skinks, what is her main diet? Like the fruits and veggies you normally feed her?