Easiest worm to breed?

[northface75]

Theres obviously a wide range of worms out there that beardies love; hornworks, silkworks, superworms, phoenix worms, waxworms... the list goes on.

What would you guys say is the easiest to breed? I've bred crix and dubia roaches, and read HOW to breed superworms, but I'm curious which you guys think is the best and easiest.

Thanks.

 

[egg 80]

out of the worms i only breed morios/ superworms and they are real easy to breed in the right conditions

paul

 

[beardielover17]

I personally find the silks easy to breed....the food is just a PITA

 

[ladyknite]

silks are definately easy to breed. But mealworms for the geckos are the EASIEST. Throw em in the tub.......throw in a carrot piece every 3 days and clean out the old. Walk away. TA DA......you're done.
A close second would have to be supers.

 

[beardielover17]

I may have to PM you about the breeding supers Gina. If you don't mind of course.

 

[northface75]

why is the food a pain beardielover?

 

[beardielover17]

unless you have a mulberry tree that is free of harmful chemicals you will wind up spending a lot of money on food since they eat so much and the food is kinda pricey

 

[northface75]

thats really ALL they eat, mulberry leaves? I read that on the site "mulberry farms", but I thought they were just trying to make you buy their stuff lol. I dont think I'd get those if I would have to consistently buy expensive food for them lol.

what about phoenix worms? I like that they are high in calcium, how hard are they?

 

[beardielover17]

most of the worms out there have specialized diets...i think PWs are too and I'm not sure how easy to breed they are either

 

[northface75]

ha, from what I'm reading on wikipedia it looks like PW's morph into damn flies lol. dont want to try and breed/contain flies. scratch that idea.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_worms

 

[beardielover17]

yea they are soldier fly larvae

 

[ladyknite]

they're actually designed not to morph. they're still gross.

sure Candice, whenever you're ready

 

[northface75]

if they didnt morph how would you breed them?